Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Center
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Center, 0.4 per square mile of land. 23 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Center?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Center have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Center is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Center’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
18 places to go in Center
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
14 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
4 picnic areas 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 Center: April to August
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 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 40 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 48 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
January is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 1.4 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Center →
Questions about parks and trails in Center
How much of Center is conserved land?
under 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 Center’s trails?
Center Community Park and Valle Vista Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Center?
5,391 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Center or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Center have?
Ahead of 52% 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 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 →