Few parks or trails are on the map in Ridgeway
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 acres are parks and preserves, 7.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ridgeway have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ridgeway is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Alaska towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 15%; the U.S., 4%), so Ridgeway’s 1% is ahead of 5% of Alaska towns, while its trails per square mile lead 0% of them.
Water is 5% of Ridgeway’s area (1 of 18 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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57 conserved acres
1% of Ridgeway’s land. Water is left out: Ridgeway has 16.8 square miles of land and 0.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Ridgeway’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 15 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 26 | Open |
| Big Eddy State Recreational Site State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 15 | Open |
7 lakes & rivers
2.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in Ridgeway: June and July
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) | 6.5 | 9.0 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 5.7 |
| High (°F) | 22 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 25 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
April is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 63 °F). 3.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Ridgeway →
Ridgeway and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeway | 1% | under 0.1 | 8 | 9% | D |
| Sterling | 5% | 0.1 | 1 | 3% | C− |
| Kalifornsky | 11% | 0.3 | 64 | 14% | B |
| Kenai | 27% | 0.1 | 9 | 36% | B− |
| Soldotna | 18% | 0.7 | 34 | 94% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ridgeway
How much of Ridgeway is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 15% for an Alaska town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Where can I bike in Ridgeway?
2.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Ridgeway?
2,201 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ridgeway or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 42 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ridgeway have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Ridgeway neighbors.
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 →