Grand Rapids Outdoor Recreation
Welcome to the Grand Outdoors! Grand Rapids is filled with activities to keep outdoor explorers busy in all four seasons. Best of all, you can hike, bike, golf, fish, paddle, skate, ski and more just minutes from big-city entertainment and culture.
Hike and bike miles of paved and natural trails – including 100+ miles of groomed mountain bike and fat bike tracks. Fish for salmon and steelhead in downtown Grand Rapids and swim in one of the nation’s largest urban parks five minutes away. Hit the ice skating rink at downtown’s Rosa Parks Circle and the snowy slopes at Cannonsburg Ski Area. Explore dozens of lakes and rivers via kayak, canoe or chartered fishing boat.
Up for some outdoor games? TheFriedEgg.com says Grand Rapids boasts “perhaps the best combination of affordable golf, quality course design and fun non-golf activities in the United States.” We’ve been named America’s #3 “pickleball-obsessed city,” with outdoor courts all over town, and the country’s #13 disc golf city, brimming with fantastic courses. Beach volleyball is a fixture of the Lake Michigan coast, 30 or so minutes from GR.
Looking for a unique challenge? Tackle the boulder walls at Highland Park. Climb 279 steps to the top of Oval Beach’s Mt. Baldhead. Take a summer zipline through the trees or wander through a fall corn maze. Enter the Amway River Bank Run, America’s largest 25K road race, or the Grand Rapids Gran Fondo, an 80-mile bike ride through some of West Michigan’s most incredible scenery.
The Grand Outdoors is waiting for you – only in Grand Rapids!
Outdoor Recreation & Sports
The Insider's Experience: Recreation Edition
America’s Best River Town. America’s Best Mountain Biking Town. America’s 6th Best Fishing City. One of America’s Top 10 Waterfront Towns.
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Shopping for the Outdoor Enthusiast
Alger Bikes
- 120 -28th St. S.W.
Alger Bikes
- 120 -28th St. S.W.
Beyond of Ada - by Bill & Paul's
- 551 Settlers Dr.
Big Lake Outfitters of Saugatuck
- 640 Water Street
Bill & Paul's Sporthaus
- 1200 E. Paris Ave. SE
Brenner's Bait and Auto
- 4765 W. River Dr. NE
Cabela's
- 3000 44th Street SW
Cannonsburg Ski Area
- 6800 Cannonsburg Rd NE
Duluth Trading Co
- 3990 Rivertown Pkwy
Freewheeler Bike Shop
- 915 Leonard Street NW
Freewheeler Bike Shop
- 915 Leonard Street NW
Frisci Disc Golf Pro Shop
- 2323 Lee St SW
Grand Rapids Bicycle Company
- 597 Ada Drive
Grand Rapids Bicycle Company
- 597 Ada Drive
Grand Rapids Bicycle Company
- 597 Ada Drive
Grand Rapids Bicycle Company - East Paris
- 1200 East Paris
Grand Rapids Bicycle Company - East Paris
- 1200 East Paris
Grand Rapids Bicycle Company - Fulton
- 1311 Fulton St E
Grand Rapids Bicycle Company - Fulton
- 1311 Fulton St E
Mountain Warehouse
- 350 84th Street SW
Nomad Anglers
- 1600 East Beltine Ave. NE
Orvis
- 1954 Breton Road SE
Outdoorsmen Pro Shop
- 678 Baldwin St.
REI- Grand Rapids
- 3149 28th St. SE
Reynolds & Sons Sporting Goods
- 12 Monroe Center NE
Sierra Trading Post
- 3665 28th St. SE
Sparta Sport Shop
- 169 N. State St.
Spinful Bikes
- 1140 Monroe Ave. NW
Switchback Gear Exchange
- 2166 Plainfield Ave. NE
Switchback Gear Exchange
- 2166 Plainfield Ave. NE
Terra Trike
- 4460 40th Street SE
The North Face
- 3159 28th Street SE
Village Bike & Fitness-North
- 5278 Plainfield Ave. NE
Village Bike & Fitness-North
- 5278 Plainfield Ave. NE
Village Bike & Fitness-South
- 5991 Kalamazoo Ave. SE
Village Bike & Fitness-South
- 5991 Kalamazoo Ave. SE
West Michigan Bike & Fitness-Grandville
- 4300 Chicago Dr. SW
West Michigan Bike & Fitness-Grandville
- 4300 Chicago Dr. SW
West Michigan Bike & Fitness-Holland
- 215 Central Ave.
West Michigan Bike & Fitness-Kentwood
- 2830 East Paris SE
Woosah
- 738 Wealthy St SE
The Insider's Experience: Sports Edition
In Grand Rapids you can be a sports fan or a sports enthusiast - or both!