Will Carleton Park
Managed by City of Hudson
21 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Lorenzo and Ruth Wells Palmer House · Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Hudson
Hudson has 64 acres of parks, 29 for every 1,000 residents
4.5 miles of mapped trail cross Hudson, 2.1 per square mile of land. 94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Will Carleton Park (0.5 mi).
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
4.5 mi
2.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
64 ac
29 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.5 mi
1.5 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Hudson?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hudson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hudson is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hudson’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails2.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4APark land29 acres of park per 1,000 residents (64 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13B+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 75%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Will Carleton Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Findlay Trail Park
Managed by City of Hudson
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Findlay Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Thompson Memorial Park
Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Thompson Trail Park
Managed by City of Hudson
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Will Carleton Park21 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Hudson
DirectionsFindlay Trail Park11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Hudson
Thompson Memorial Park15 acres
Thompson Trail Park11 acres · City of Hudson
Webster's Park4 acres · City of Hudson
Who protects it
4 conserved acres
under 1% of Hudson’s land. Who manages Hudson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city4 ac
Local Park · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Hudson
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Hudson
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
3 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.0 mi
Findlay Trail0.8 mi
Engle Trail0.8 mi
Sunrise Meadows Trail0.7 mi
Biking & sports
1.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Baseball
3Soccer
2Tennis
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Hudson: July 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 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 35 | 45 | 59 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Hudson →
Next door
Hudson and its neighbors
Hudson has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | under 1% | 2.1 | 29 | 94% | B+ |
| Hudson Township | 13% | 0.1 | 1,722 | 30% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hudson
Where can I hike in Hudson?
The longest trail networks: Will Carleton Park, 0.5 miles; Findlay Trail Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Hudson is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Hudson’s trails?
Will Carleton Park and Findlay Trail Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Hudson?
1.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Hudson?
5,895 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hudson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 64 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hudson have?
Ahead of 75% 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 Hudson 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 →