Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0L'Anse has 5.7 miles of mapped trails, 2.2 for every square mile of land
202 acres are parks and preserves, 113 per 1,000 residents. 11% of L'Anse’s land is conserved, about 191 acres. 79% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is L'Anse?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does L'Anse have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, L'Anse is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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191 conserved acres
11% of L'Anse’s land. Who manages L'Anse’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Forest Local Resource Management Area | Town or city | 191 | Open |
5 places to go in L'Anse
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in L'Anse: May and August
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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°F) | 25 | 27 | 37 | 48 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
February is the driest month (1.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 3.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in L'Anse →
Questions about parks and trails in L'Anse
How much of L'Anse is conserved land?
11% 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.
Is there public land near L'Anse?
24,285 acres of parks and open public land lie inside L'Anse or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 202 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does L'Anse have?
Ahead of 94% 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 L'Anse neighbors.
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 →