Photo: Crcjfly, Billwhittaker, Dnllnd, Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Kalona
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Kalona. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 29 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #138 of 140 in Iowa. What drives it
How much outdoors does Kalona have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kalona is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #138 of 140 in Iowa. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
3 places to go in Kalona
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
The best walking months in Kalona: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 30 | 35 | 49 | 62 | 73 | 82 | 85 | 83 | 77 | 64 | 48 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
January is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Kalona →
Questions about parks and trails in Kalona
How much of Kalona 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 Kalona’s trails?
Kalona City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Kalona?
1,271 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kalona or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 29 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Kalona have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #138 of 140 in Iowa. 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 Kalona 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 →