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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Dysart

Few parks or trails are on the map in Dysart

90% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 5.4 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
5.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
90%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Dysart?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Dysart have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dysart is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dysart’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 19%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Dysart. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. 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
Things to do

1 places to go in Dysart

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Dysart

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Biking & sports

1.0 miles of bike routes

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

1.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
2Tennis
1Football
1Basketball
1Beach volleyball

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 Dysart

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)9.410.511.813.314.615.215.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)263145597180838175624532
Rain (in)1.01.22.03.84.75.54.34.33.72.82.01.5

January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Dysart →

Questions about parks and trails in Dysart

How much of Dysart 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.

Where can I bike in Dysart?

1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Dysart?

1,228 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dysart or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Dysart have?

Ahead of 19% 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 Dysart 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 →