Conrad City Park
Park
5 acres0.1 mi of trail
Comet Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Conrad
97% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Conrad
1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Conrad, 1.1 per square mile of land. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 7.0 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.4 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
7.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
97%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Conrad?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Conrad have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Conrad is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Conrad’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IA town 3% · U.S. 4%C−Trails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · IA 0.3 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land7.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · IA 19 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home97% of residents within a half mile of a park · IA 91% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 58%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ 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
The longest trail network is Conrad City Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
3 conserved acres
under 1% of Conrad’s land. Who manages Conrad’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County3 ac
Local Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comet Trail Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Conrad
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Conrad
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.4 mi
Comet Trail1.4 mi
Biking & sports
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Beach volleyball
1Football
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 Conrad
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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 27 | 31 | 45 | 59 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 46 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Conrad →
Questions about parks and trails in Conrad
Where can I hike in Conrad?
The longest trail networks: Conrad City Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Conrad is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 3% for an Iowa town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Conrad’s trails?
Conrad City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Conrad?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Conrad?
1,099 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Conrad or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Conrad have?
Ahead of 58% 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 Conrad 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 →