Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.099% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Julesburg
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Julesburg, 0.1 per square mile of land. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 3.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Julesburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Julesburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Julesburg is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Julesburg’s 1% is ahead of 13% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 4% 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.
Meline Park
10 conserved acres
1% of Julesburg’s land. Who manages Julesburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
2 places to go in Julesburg
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.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Julesburg: April and September
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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 44 | 55 | 62 | 72 | 84 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 65 | 52 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
January is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 3.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Julesburg →
Questions about parks and trails in Julesburg
How much of Julesburg 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 Julesburg’s trails?
Thompson Park and Union Pacific Railroad Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Julesburg?
1,881 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Julesburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Julesburg have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Julesburg 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 →