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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Logan

96% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Logan

0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Logan, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Milliman Park (0.6 mi). 13 acres are parks and preserves, 9.7 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
9.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Logan?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Logan have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Logan is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Logan’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 52%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Logan. 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 C+ 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Milliman Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Milliman Park

Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do

4 places to go in Logan

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

Playgrounds in Logan

4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
7Baseball
5Basketball
1Tennis
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Harrison County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1981
About it
State Savings BankBuilding · listed 1985
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Logan

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)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)313649627382858377644835
Rain (in)0.70.91.93.34.94.93.84.33.32.41.31.2

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Logan →

Questions about parks and trails in Logan

Where can I hike in Logan?

The longest trail networks: Milliman Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Logan 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 Logan’s trails?

Milliman Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Logan?

1,517 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Logan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Logan have?

Ahead of 52% 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 Logan neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →