Trufant Ball Park
Managed by Maple Valley Township
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Maple Valley Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Maple Valley Township
0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Maple Valley Township. 24% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 14 acres are parks and preserves, 6.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
9 acres · of 35.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
14 ac
6.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
24%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
12
2 boat launches
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Maple Valley Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Maple Valley Township is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Maple Valley Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land6.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (14 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home24% of residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Maple Valley Township. 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 still be D. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trufant Community Park
Managed by Maple Valley Township
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Cowden Lake Public Access
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Muskellunge Lake Public Access
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
9 conserved acres
under 1% of Maple Valley Township’s land. Who manages Maple Valley Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service9 ac
Conservation Easement · 9 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
3 places to go in Maple Valley Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Maple Valley Township
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Maple Valley Township
Cowden Lake Boat LaunchIn Cowden Lake Public Access
DirectionsMuskellunge Lake Boat LaunchIn Muskellunge Lake Public Access
DirectionsTrails & water
12 lakes & rivers
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
2Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Maple Valley Township: 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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 29 | 32 | 43 | 57 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 46 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Maple Valley Township →
Next door
Maple Valley Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Valley Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 7 | 24% | D |
| Pierson Township | 4% | 0.2 | 211 | 40% | B |
| Winfield Township | 1% | 0.4 | 6 | 4% | C− |
| Pine Township | 14% | 0.3 | 1,580 | 34% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Maple Valley Township
How much of Maple Valley Township 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 Maple Valley Township’s trails?
Trufant Ball Park and Trufant Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Maple Valley Township?
14,007 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maple Valley Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Maple Valley Township have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Maple Valley Township 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 →