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Nenana, AlaskaPhoto: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Nenana

Few parks or trails are on the map in Nenana

16% of Nenana’s land is conserved, about 648 acres. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 6.4 per 1,000 residents. 3.9 miles of mapped trail cross Nenana, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
16%
648 acres · of 6.2 sq mi of land
Trails
3.9 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
6.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.6 mi paths
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
Who protects it

648 conserved acres

16% of Nenana’s land. Who manages Nenana’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources648 ac
State Other or Unknown · 648 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources625Unknown
State Patented
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources23Unknown
Things to do

5 places to go in Nenana

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

Boat launches in Nenana
Nenana River Boat Launch
Directions

Plus 1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Biking & sports

0.6 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Baseball

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).

History →
Nenana DepotBuilding · listed 1977
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Nenana: May to August

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)5.28.311.515.018.521.420.016.412.99.56.14.0
High (°F)5152445637273675535158
Rain (in)0.60.40.40.30.61.82.32.31.40.90.80.6

April is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 73 °F). 2.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Nenana →

Questions about parks and trails in Nenana

Where can I bike in Nenana?

0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Nenana?

34,473 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nenana or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Nenana 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 →