Photo: SummitCove · CC BY 4.0Keystone has 6.5 miles of mapped trails, 3.6 for every square mile of land
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 3% of Keystone’s land is conserved, about 37 acres.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Keystone?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Keystone have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Keystone is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Keystone’s 3% is ahead of 31% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 92% 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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37 conserved acres
3% of Keystone’s land. Who manages Keystone’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit County County Land - General Local Other or Unknown | County | 19 | Closed |
| White River National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 7 | Open |
2 places to go in Keystone
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.
6 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
5.0 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Keystone: June 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) | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 56 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
June is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 72 °F). 2.5 inches fall in April, the wettest month. The climate in Keystone →
Questions about parks and trails in Keystone
How much of Keystone is conserved land?
3% 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.
Where can I bike in Keystone?
5.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.2 of off-road paths and 0.7 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Keystone?
112,298 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Keystone or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Keystone have?
Ahead of 36% 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 Keystone 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 →