Ice Palace Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Dennis Adams, Federal Highway Administration; color-corrected by Howcheng. · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Leadville
97% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Leadville
1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Leadville, 1.2 per square mile of land. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 6.3 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Leadville’s land is conserved, about 16 acres.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns · #112 of 159 in Colorado. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
16 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.4 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
6.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
97%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.2 mi
1.2 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Leadville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Leadville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Leadville is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns, #112 of 159 in Colorado. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Leadville’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical CO town 7% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · CO 1.3 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land6.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · CO 14 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home97% of residents within a half mile of a park · CO 97% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 68%
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Colorado towns of 2,500+ (159)Ahead of 30%
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Leadville’s 2% is ahead of 23% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 46% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
16 conserved acres
2% of Leadville’s land. Who manages Leadville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city16 ac
Local Park · 16 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huck Finn Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Leadville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Leadville
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Leadville
Leadville Dog Park
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Unpaved · 0.5 mi
County Road 8A0.1 mi
Biking & sports
1.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Tennis
2Baseball
1Football
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Leadville: 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 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 57 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
December is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 73 °F). 1.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Leadville →
Next door
Leadville and its neighbors
Leadville has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadville | 2% | 1.2 | 6 | 97% | B+ |
| Leadville North | under 1% | 1.8 | under 1 | 40% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Leadville
How much of Leadville is conserved land?
2% 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 Leadville’s trails?
Ice Palace Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Leadville?
1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Leadville?
77,175 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Leadville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Leadville have?
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #112 of 159 in Colorado. 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 Leadville neighbors.
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Sources
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 →