Conant's Cabin and Park · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Gladbrook
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 3.1 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Gladbrook, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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1 named trail
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.
September is the best month for walking in Gladbrook
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 | 32 | 45 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 62 | 46 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 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 Gladbrook →
Questions about parks and trails in Gladbrook
Is there public land near Gladbrook?
752 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gladbrook or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Gladbrook 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 →