Ely Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Hartford
Hartford has 16 acres of parks, 6.5 for every 1,000 residents
94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Hartford’s land is conserved, about 16 acres.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
16 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
6.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Hartford?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hartford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hartford is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hartford’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land6.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (16 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home94% of residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 33%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Hartford. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
16 conserved acres
2% of Hartford’s land. Who manages Hartford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County8 ac
State parks5 ac
Town or city3 ac
Local Park · 11 acState Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | County | 8 | Open |
| Van Buren Trail State Park State Park | State parks | 5 | Open |
| Ely Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
6Baseball
3Tennis
2Basketball
1Football
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Hartford: June to September
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Hartford →
Questions about parks and trails in Hartford
How much of Hartford is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Michigan town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Hartford’s trails?
Ely Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Hartford?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Hartford?
2,758 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hartford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hartford have?
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hartford neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →