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Outdoors in Stanton Township

Stanton Township has 506 acres of parks, 338 for every 1,000 residents

215 miles of mapped trail cross Stanton Township, 1.8 per square mile of land. 6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Stanton Township’s land is conserved, about 796 acres.

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
796 acres · of 122.4 sq mi of land
Trails
215 mi
1.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
506 ac
338 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
8
2 beaches · 3 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Stanton Township?

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

Room to roam338 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.A trail town1.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 91% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Stanton Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Stanton Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Stanton Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical MI town 5% · U.S. 4%CTrails1.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (215 mi) · MI 0.3 · U.S. 0.4APark land338 acres of park per 1,000 residents (506 acres) · MI 33 · U.S. 13AParks close to home6% 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 60%
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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 Marsin Nature Area, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Marsin Nature Area

Managed by Keweenaw Land Trust
55 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Stanton Park

Park
267 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Keweenaw Underwater Preserve

Nature preserve
160 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

North Canal Township Park

Park
64 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
Marsin Nature Area55 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Keweenaw Land Trust
Directions
North Canal Township Park64 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Freda Honor Roll Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Stanton Township
Directions
Stanton Park267 acres
Keweenaw Underwater Preserve160 acres
Directions
Who protects it

796 conserved acres

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

Land trusts & nonprofits386 ac
Town or city285 ac
Other state land67 ac
County58 ac
Conservation Easement · 351 acLocal Park · 285 acPrivate Conservation · 85 acLocal Resource Management Area · 58 acPrivate Park · 17 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 351 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stanton Park
Local Park
Town or city265Open
Local Forest
Local Resource Management Area
County58Open
Forest Reserve
Private Conservation
Other state land43Open
Marsin Preserve
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits42Open
Land
Local Park
Town or city19Open
Marsin Nature Retreat Center
Private Park
Land trusts & nonprofits17Open
Things to do

7 places to go in Stanton Township

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

Boat launches in Stanton Township
North Canal Boat Launch
Directions
Stanton Township Park Boat LaunchIn Stanton Park
Directions

Plus 1 boat launch without a name on the map.

Trails & water

4 named trails and 8 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Horses · 6.3 miUnpaved · 3.8 mi
Bill Nicholls Trail1.2 mi
Boy Scout Camp1.2 mi
S72C0.3 mi
S554C0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Obenhoff LakeTear LakeEast Branch Graveraet RiverElm RiverGraveraet RiverLittle Elm RiverSalmon Trout RiverSouth Branch Elm River
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.

Bill Nicholls TrailBike route
1.2 mi
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Basketball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Redridge Steel and Log DamsStructure · listed 1992
About it
When to get out

May is the best month for walking in Stanton Township

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)8.910.211.813.515.015.915.514.212.510.89.38.5
High (°F)232737486272767568544028
Rain (in)2.11.31.42.32.93.23.43.03.43.42.21.8

February is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 3.4 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Stanton Township →

Next door

Stanton Township and its neighbors

Stanton Township has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Elm River Township228 miStanton Township215 miBohemia Township143 miAdams Township117 miHancock Township31 miHoughton20 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Stanton Township1%1.83386%B
Houghton20%4.46599%+A+
Hancock Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Adams Township2%2.523868%A−
Elm River Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bohemia Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Stanton Township

Where can I hike in Stanton Township?

The longest trail networks: Marsin Nature Area, 0.3 miles; North Canal Township Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Stanton 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.

Are dogs allowed on Stanton Township’s trails?

Marsin Nature Area and Stanton Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Stanton Township?

39,862 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Stanton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 506 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Stanton Township have?

Ahead of 60% 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 Stanton Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →