Diamond Lake Park
Nature preserve
120 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Montezuma
Montezuma has 127 acres of parks, 90 for every 1,000 residents
7% of Montezuma’s land is conserved, about 117 acres. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
117 acres · of 2.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
127 ac
90 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
65%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.6 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Montezuma?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Montezuma have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Montezuma is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Montezuma’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical IA town 3% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IA 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land90 acres of park per 1,000 residents (127 acres) · IA 19 · U.S. 13AParks close to home65% of residents within a half mile of a park · IA 91% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 54%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Montezuma. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
117 conserved acres
7% of Montezuma’s land. Who manages Montezuma’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County117 ac
Local Conservation Area · 117 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Lake Wildlife Area Local Conservation Area | County | 117 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Montezuma
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Campgrounds in Montezuma
1 campground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Montezuma: 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) | 29 | 34 | 48 | 61 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 63 | 47 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 5.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Montezuma →
Questions about parks and trails in Montezuma
How much of Montezuma is conserved land?
7% 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 Montezuma’s trails?
Diamond Lake Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Montezuma?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Montezuma?
3,582 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Montezuma or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 127 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Montezuma have?
Ahead of 54% 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 Montezuma 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 →