Poplar-Cotton Center has 5 acres of parks, 2.2 for every 1,000 residents
1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Poplar-Cotton Center, 0.8 per square mile of land. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Poplar-Cotton Center have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Poplar-Cotton Center is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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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3 conserved acres
under 1% of Poplar-Cotton Center’s land. Who manages Poplar-Cotton Center’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Park Local Park | Regional agency | 3 | Open |
The best walking months in Poplar-Cotton Center: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 64 | 70 | 76 | 84 | 92 | 98 | 97 | 92 | 81 | 67 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 1.5 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Poplar-Cotton Center →
Questions about parks and trails in Poplar-Cotton Center
How much of Poplar-Cotton Center is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Is there public land near Poplar-Cotton Center?
346 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Poplar-Cotton Center or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Poplar-Cotton Center have?
Ahead of 34% 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 Poplar-Cotton Center 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 →