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City Hall and Library - Bennett, IowaPhoto: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Bennett

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

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 2.1 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
1%
1 acre · of 0.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
2.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

1 conserved acres

1% of Bennett’s land. Who manages Bennett’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city1 ac
Local Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Bennett City Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
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
2Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Bennett: April and September

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)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)293447617281848276634734
Rain (in)1.31.52.33.84.75.44.33.93.63.02.21.8

January is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 5.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Bennett →

Questions about parks and trails in Bennett

Is there public land near Bennett?

782 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bennett or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Bennett 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 →