Pleasant Grove Heritage Park
Park
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Billwhittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Lisbon
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Lisbon
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 58 acres are parks and preserves, 34 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Lisbon, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 63% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
13 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
58 ac
34 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.1 mi
1.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Lisbon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lisbon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lisbon is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lisbon’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical IA town 3% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IA 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land34 acres of park per 1,000 residents (58 acres) · IA 19 · U.S. 13B+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 63%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lisbon City Park
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Vernon Studt Veterans Memorial Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
13 conserved acres
1% of Lisbon’s land. Who manages Lisbon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County13 ac
Local Park · 13 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon City Park Local Park | County | 12 | Open |
| Vernon Studt Veterans Memorial Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Lisbon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Lisbon
Lisbon Local Swimming PoolIn Lisbon City Park
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Lisbon
Lisbon Public PlaygroundIn Lisbon City Park
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
1.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
2Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Lisbon
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 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 28 | 33 | 47 | 60 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 62 | 47 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 5.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Lisbon →
Questions about parks and trails in Lisbon
How much of Lisbon is conserved land?
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 Lisbon’s trails?
Pleasant Grove Heritage Park and Lisbon City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Lisbon?
1.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Lisbon?
6,112 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lisbon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 58 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Lisbon have?
Ahead of 63% 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 Lisbon 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 →