Photo: Jingletown · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Meeker
1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Meeker, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Meeker?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Meeker have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Meeker is ahead of 8% 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 Meeker’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 11% 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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Meeker’s land. Who manages Meeker’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| White River National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Meeker
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.
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Meeker: May 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 79 | 86 | 83 | 75 | 61 | 47 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
June is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 2.0 inches fall in April, the wettest month. The climate in Meeker →
Questions about parks and trails in Meeker
How much of Meeker 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.
Is there public land near Meeker?
72,646 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Meeker or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Meeker have?
Ahead of 8% 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 Meeker 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 →