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Outdoors in Nikolaevsk

More than half of Nikolaevsk’s land is conserved: 54%

54% of Nikolaevsk’s land is conserved, about 12,008 acres. 16 miles of mapped trail cross Nikolaevsk, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
54%
12,008 acres · of 34.9 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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
Who protects it

12,008 conserved acres

54% of Nikolaevsk’s land. Who manages Nikolaevsk’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources12,008 ac
State Other or Unknown · 12,008 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Land Disposals - Municipal Purposes
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources6,799Unknown
State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources4,354Unknown
State Patented
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources856Unknown
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

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When to get out

July is the best month for walking in Nikolaevsk

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)6.79.111.614.417.118.718.015.612.710.07.46.0
High (°F)283133425157616053423329
Rain (in)2.11.91.21.41.21.62.33.34.63.63.23.3

March is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 61 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Nikolaevsk →

Next door

Nikolaevsk and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Nikolaevsk— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Anchor Point30%0.424under 1%B
Happy Valley— 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 Nikolaevsk

Is there public land near Nikolaevsk?

364 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nikolaevsk or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Nikolaevsk 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 →