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Outdoors in Bayard

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Bayard

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 9.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Bayard, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
9.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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.

Bayard City Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Bayard

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.1
High (°F)293447617281858276634734
Rain (in)0.81.11.93.75.15.24.14.43.42.61.61.2

January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Bayard →

Questions about parks and trails in Bayard

Are dogs allowed on Bayard’s trails?

Bayard City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Bayard?

7,862 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayard or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bayard 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 →