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Outdoors in Pigeon

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Pigeon

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 28 acres are parks and preserves, 25 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Pigeon, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
28 ac
25 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Pigeon?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Pigeon have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pigeon is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pigeon’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 56%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ 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.

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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 Pigeon Village Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Pigeon Village Park

Park
26 acres0.2 mi of trail
Scheurer Path to Fitness
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Veterans Memorial Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

5 places to go in Pigeon

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

Playgrounds in Pigeon
Rotary Sledding HillIn Pigeon Village Park
Directions

Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Scheurer Path to Fitness0.2 mi
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
4Baseball
2Tennis
2Basketball
1Soccer

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Pigeon: May 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)293241546777817972594635
Rain (in)1.91.61.83.23.33.33.33.33.02.92.32.0

February is the driest month (1.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Pigeon →

Questions about parks and trails in Pigeon

Where can I hike in Pigeon?

The longest trail networks: Pigeon Village Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Pigeon 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 Pigeon’s trails?

Pigeon Village Park and Veterans Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Pigeon?

4,755 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pigeon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Pigeon have?

Ahead of 56% 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 Pigeon 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 →