Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ellicott
2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Ellicott, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ellicott have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ellicott is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Ellicott’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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.
6 conserved acres
under 1% of Ellicott’s land. Who manages Ellicott’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State Land Board State Land Board State Resource Management Area | State land board | 5 | Closed |
| Bohart-Chico Basin State Resource Management Area | State land board | 1 | Restricted |
2 places to go in Ellicott
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 named trails
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 Ellicott: April to June and 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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 71 | 82 | 87 | 84 | 78 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
December is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 2.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ellicott →
Questions about parks and trails in Ellicott
How much of Ellicott 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 Ellicott’s trails?
Community Park at Ellicott doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ellicott?
420 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ellicott or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ellicott have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Ellicott 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 →