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Outdoors in Overisel Township

Overisel Township has 5.5 miles of mapped trails, 0.2 for every square mile of land

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Overisel Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns · #688 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
203 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
5.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Overisel Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Overisel Township is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns, #688 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Overisel Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 9%
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Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)Ahead of 2%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Overisel 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 range from D to C−. 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
Who protects it

203 conserved acres

1% of Overisel Township’s land. Who manages Overisel Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners203 ac
Private Park · 203 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Winding Creek Golf Course
Private Park
Private owners203Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Overisel Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Overisel Township

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
1Beach volleyball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Overisel Township: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.0
High (°F)323545587079838174614837
Rain (in)2.52.02.23.73.93.73.33.33.23.93.02.6

February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.9 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Overisel Township →

Next door

Overisel Township and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Overisel Township1%0.2under 1under 1%D
Salem Township1%0.135%D
Heath Township47%0.82,71574%A+
Zeeland Township3%0.46342%B
Fillmore Townshipunder 1%0.35614%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Overisel Township

How much of Overisel Township is conserved land?

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.

Is there public land near Overisel Township?

38,033 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Overisel Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Overisel Township have?

Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #688 of 701 in Michigan. 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 Overisel 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 →