Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Olathe has 4 acres of parks, 2.3 for every 1,000 residents
91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Olathe, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Olathe?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Olathe have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Olathe is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Olathe’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% 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.
Sugar Beet Park
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 Olathe: April and May
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 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 47 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 87 | 92 | 89 | 81 | 68 | 53 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
June is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 1.2 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Olathe →
Questions about parks and trails in Olathe
Where can I hike in Olathe?
The longest trail networks: Sugar Beet Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Olathe 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 Olathe’s trails?
Lions Park and Sugar Beet Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Olathe?
46,570 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Olathe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Olathe have?
Ahead of 32% 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 Olathe 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 →