West Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Girard
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Girard
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 5.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
5.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Girard?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Girard have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Girard is ahead of 25% 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 Girard’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land5.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13CParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · IL 88% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
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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.
South Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
1 places to go in Girard
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Girard
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
2Basketball
1Baseball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
August is the best month for walking in Girard
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 41 | 53 | 65 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 52 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Girard →
Next door
Girard and its neighbors
Girard has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girard | under 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 99%+ | C |
| Girard Township | 1% | 0.1 | 25 | 95% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Girard
How much of Girard is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for an Illinois town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Girard’s trails?
West Park and South Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Girard?
492 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Girard or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Girard have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Girard 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 →