Chapin Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Orange Suede Sofa · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Tripoli
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Tripoli
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 3.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
3.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.8 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Tripoli?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Tripoli have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tripoli is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tripoli’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IA town 3% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IA 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · IA 19 · U.S. 13CParks 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 28%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. 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.
Who protects it
3 conserved acres
under 1% of Tripoli’s land. Who manages Tripoli’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)3 ac
Conservation Easement · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
10 places to go in Tripoli
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Tripoli
Kid's KingdomIn Chapin Park
DirectionsPlus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Community gardens in Tripoli
2 community gardens without a name on the map.
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Soccer
2Basketball
2Tennis
2Baseball
1Volleyball
1Softball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Tripoli
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 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 25 | 30 | 43 | 58 | 70 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 61 | 44 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 6.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Tripoli →
Questions about parks and trails in Tripoli
How much of Tripoli 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 Tripoli’s trails?
Chapin Park and North Park;Veterans' Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Tripoli?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Tripoli?
6,254 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tripoli or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Tripoli have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Tripoli 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 →