Heistand Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Woodbine
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Woodbine
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 3.1 miles of mapped trail cross Woodbine, 1.9 per square mile of land. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 6.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
3.1 mi
1.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
6.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Woodbine?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Woodbine have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Woodbine is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Woodbine’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IA town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails1.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · IA 0.3 · U.S. 0.4APark land6.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · IA 19 · U.S. 13C+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 58%
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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.
Woodbine City Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Zell Millard Historic Preservation Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
2 places to go in Woodbine
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Woodbine
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
3Baseball
1Football
1Tennis
1Basketball
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).
Woodbine Public LibraryBuilding · listed 1997
About itWoodbine Normal and Grade SchoolBuilding · listed 2002
About itWoodbine Savings BankBuilding · listed 2012
About itSiebels' Department Store-Boyer Valley BankBuilding · listed 2012
About itWoodbine Lincoln Highway and Brick Street Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2013
About itWhen to get out
The walking year in Woodbine
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) | 30 | 35 | 49 | 62 | 72 | 82 | 85 | 83 | 77 | 64 | 48 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
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 Woodbine →
Questions about parks and trails in Woodbine
How much of Woodbine 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 Woodbine’s trails?
Heistand Park and Woodbine City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Woodbine?
1,287 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Woodbine or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Woodbine have?
Ahead of 58% 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 Woodbine 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 →