Sherwood Village Park
Managed by Village of Sherwood
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Sherwood Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Sherwood Township
0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Sherwood Township. 24% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 5.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 34.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
5.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
24%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
13
2 boat launches
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sherwood Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sherwood Township is ahead of 9% 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 Sherwood 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 land5.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (13 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13CParks 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 9%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Sherwood 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.
Union Lake Public Access
Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Oliverda Lake Public Access
Managed by Michigan Deparment of Natural Resources
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Waldron County Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Sherwood Township’s land. Who manages Sherwood Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city2 ac
Local Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Sherwood Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Sherwood Township
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Sherwood Township
Oliverda Lake Boat Launch
DirectionsUnion Lake Boat LaunchIn Union Lake Public Access
DirectionsFishing spots in Sherwood Township
1 fishing spot without a name on the map.
Trails & water
13 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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Sherwood Township: April and 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 70 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Sherwood Township →
Next door
Sherwood Township and its neighbors
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Union Township1.9 miLeonidas Township1.7 miAthens Township1.4 miSherwood Township0.5 miMatteson Township0.0 miWakeshma Township0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 6 | 24% | D |
| Union Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 8 | 50% | C− |
| Athens Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 9 | 38% | C− |
| Matteson Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 7 | 4% | D |
| Leonidas Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 47 | 8% | C− |
| Wakeshma Township | 3% | under 0.1 | 448 | 8% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sherwood Township
How much of Sherwood 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 Sherwood Township’s trails?
Sherwood Village Park and Union Lake Public Access don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sherwood Township?
1,294 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sherwood Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sherwood Township have?
Ahead of 9% 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 Sherwood 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 →