Wild 100
Nature preserve
76 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Rives Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Rives Township
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Rives Township. 20 acres are parks and preserves, 4.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #692 of 701 in Michigan. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
16 acres · of 35.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
4.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
2%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
7
1 boat launch
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Rives Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rives Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #692 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rives Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land4.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (20 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13CParks close to home2% of residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 8%
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Michigan towns of 2,500+ (701)#692 of 701
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Rives 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
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.
Maple Grove Bridge Access Site
Managed by State of Michigan, Department of Natural Resources
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it
16 conserved acres
under 1% of Rives Township’s land. Who manages Rives Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks16 ac
State Park · 16 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian-Baseline State Park State Park | State parks | 16 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Rives Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Rives Township
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Rives Township
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 7 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Horses · 0.8 mi
Horse track0.5 mi
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
2Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Rives Township: July and 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 34 | 45 | 58 | 69 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rives Township →
Next door
Rives Township and its neighbors
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Blackman Township4.7 miHenrietta Township3.6 miLeslie Township2.0 miRives Township0.9 miTompkins Township0.5 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rives Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 4 | 2% | D |
| Tompkins Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 12 | 8% | D |
| Henrietta Township | 8% | 0.1 | 19 | 16% | C+ |
| Blackman Township | 1% | 0.1 | 5 | 17% | C− |
| Leslie Township | 4% | 0.1 | 22 | 13% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Rives Township
How much of Rives 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 Rives Township’s trails?
Wild 100 and Meridian-Baseline State Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Rives Township?
15,187 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rives Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rives Township have?
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #692 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 Rives 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 →