Sidney City Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Jason and Elizabeth Baylor Rector House · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Sidney
99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Sidney
2 acres are parks and preserves, 2.1 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Sidney, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
2.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Sidney?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sidney have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sidney is ahead of 36% 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 Sidney’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IA town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · IA 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land2.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · IA 19 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home99% of residents within a half mile of a park · IA 91% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 36%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Sidney. 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 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.
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
1Equestrian
1Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Fremont County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1981
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Sidney: 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 39 | 52 | 63 | 74 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 66 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sidney →
Questions about parks and trails in Sidney
How much of Sidney 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 Sidney’s trails?
Sidney City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sidney?
9,071 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sidney or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Sidney have?
Ahead of 36% 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 Sidney 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 →