Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Byers has 80 acres of parks, 47 for every 1,000 residents
5.7 miles of mapped trail cross Byers, 0.5 per square mile of land. 1% of Byers’ land is conserved, about 81 acres. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Byers have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Byers is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Byers’ 1% is ahead of 14% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 18% of them.
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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
81 conserved acres
1% of Byers’ land. Who manages Byers’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byers Park & Rec Local Park | Regional agency | 81 | Open |
2 places to go in Byers
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 picnic area without a name on the map.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Byers: April to June
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 71 | 83 | 90 | 87 | 79 | 65 | 52 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 2.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Byers →
Questions about parks and trails in Byers
How much of Byers is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 7% for a Colorado town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Byers’ trails?
Byers Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Byers?
726 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Byers or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 80 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Byers have?
Ahead of 57% 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 Byers 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 →