Westside Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Vycl1994 · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Hull
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Hull
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 15 acres are parks and preserves, 6.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Hull, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
6.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.2 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Hull?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hull have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hull is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hull’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IA town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IA 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land6.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · IA 19 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · IA 91% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Eastside Park
Park
6 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
3 places to go in Hull
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Hull
Hull Swimming PoolIn Westside Park
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Hull
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
3Soccer
2Tennis
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Hull
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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 26 | 31 | 44 | 58 | 70 | 80 | 84 | 81 | 74 | 61 | 44 | 30 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hull →
Questions about parks and trails in Hull
Where can I hike in Hull?
The longest trail networks: Eastside Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Hull 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 Hull’s trails?
Westside Park and Eastside Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Hull?
0.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Hull?
1,254 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hull or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hull have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Hull 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 →