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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Parklawn

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Parklawn

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.9 per 1,000 residents. 3% of Parklawn’s land is conserved, about 4 acres.

Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
4 acres · of 0.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
2.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Parklawn?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Parklawn have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Parklawn is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Parklawn’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Parklawn. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. 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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Parklawn Park

Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

4 conserved acres

3% of Parklawn’s land. Who manages Parklawn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city4 ac
Local Park · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Parklawn Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Parklawn: April and May

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)9.810.711.913.114.214.714.513.612.411.110.19.6
High (°F)566268748290959389796657
Rain (in)2.62.31.81.00.60.10.00.00.10.61.12.2

July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 2.6 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Parklawn →

Next door

Parklawn and its neighbors

Parklawn has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Parklawn3%under 0.1399%+C+
Modesto6%0.7697%B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Parklawn

How much of Parklawn is conserved land?

3% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Parklawn’s trails?

Parklawn Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Parklawn?

3,358 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Parklawn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Parklawn have?

Ahead of 38% 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 Parklawn 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 →