Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Rouse
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Rouse?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Rouse have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rouse is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull 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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The best walking months in Rouse: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 62 | 68 | 74 | 82 | 90 | 95 | 93 | 89 | 79 | 66 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 2.5 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rouse →
Questions about parks and trails in Rouse
How much of Rouse 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 Rouse?
3,673 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rouse or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rouse have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Rouse 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 →