Bates Scout Park
Managed by City of Laingsburg
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Laingsburg
12% of Laingsburg’s land is conserved: 117 acres
94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 58 acres are parks and preserves, 33 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
12%
117 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
58 ac
33 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Laingsburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Laingsburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Laingsburg is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Laingsburg’s overall grade.
Conserved land12% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land33 acres of park per 1,000 residents (58 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 65%
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Water is 6% of Laingsburg’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 11%.
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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
McClintock Park
Managed by City of Laingsburg
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Abbott/Treat Park
Managed by City of Laingsburg
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
117 conserved acres
12% of Laingsburg’s land. Water is left out: Laingsburg has 1.6 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Laingsburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners63 ac
Town or city53 ac
Private Park · 63 acLocal Park · 53 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hills Golf Course Private Park | Private owners | 63 | Restricted |
| City of Laingsburg Park Local Park | Town or city | 40 | Open |
| Bates Scout Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| McClintock Mini Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Laingsburg
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Laingsburg
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Basketball
3Soccer
2Baseball
2Beach volleyball
2Tennis
1Skate park
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Laingsburg: 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 33 | 44 | 57 | 69 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 47 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Laingsburg →
Next door
Laingsburg and its neighbors
Laingsburg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laingsburg | 12% | under 0.1 | 33 | 94% | B |
| Sciota Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 95 | 13% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Laingsburg
How much of Laingsburg is conserved land?
12% 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 Laingsburg’s trails?
Bates Scout Park and McClintock Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Laingsburg?
9,434 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Laingsburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 58 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Laingsburg have?
Ahead of 65% 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 Laingsburg 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 →