Riverside Park
Managed by City of Scottville
123 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Scottville
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Scottville
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 145 acres are parks and preserves, 98 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Scottville, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 70% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
20 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
145 ac
98 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Scottville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Scottville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Scottville is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Scottville’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land98 acres of park per 1,000 residents (145 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13AParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MI 50% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 70%
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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.
McPhail Field
Managed by City of Scottville
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Optimist Park
Managed by City of Scottville
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it
20 conserved acres
2% of Scottville’s land. Who manages Scottville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city20 ac
Local Park · 20 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacPhail Field Local Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
Things to do
6 places to go in Scottville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Scottville
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Scottville
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Scottville
Riverside Park CampgroundIn Riverside Park
DirectionsTrails & 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
6Baseball
2Basketball
2Football
2Tennis
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Scottville SchoolBuilding · listed 2001
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Scottville: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 29 | 32 | 42 | 55 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 58 | 45 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.0 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Scottville →
Next door
Scottville and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottville | 2% | 0.1 | 98 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Riverton Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 6 | 4% | D |
| Amber Township | 2% | 0.1 | 2 | 21% | C− |
| Custer Township | 6% | 0.2 | 41 | 26% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Scottville
How much of Scottville is conserved land?
2% 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 Scottville’s trails?
Riverside Park and McPhail Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Scottville?
23,382 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Scottville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 145 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Scottville have?
Ahead of 70% 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 Scottville 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 →