New Baden Community Park
Park
36 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in New Baden
Few parks or trails are on the map in New Baden
46% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of New Baden’s land is conserved, about 40 acres. 41 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #666 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
40 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
41 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
46%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does New Baden have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Baden is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #666 of 768 in Illinois. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of New Baden’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical IL town 4% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · IL 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (41 acres) · IL 15 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home46% of residents within a half mile of a park · IL 88% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 28%
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Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 13%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in New Baden. 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 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
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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
40 conserved acres
3% of New Baden’s land. Who manages New Baden’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city40 ac
Local Park · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Baden Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 40 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in New Baden
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Dog parks in New Baden
1 dog park 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
1Baseball
1Beach volleyball
1Skate park
1Basketball
1Pickleball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in New Baden
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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 56 | 68 | 77 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 81 | 70 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in New Baden →
Questions about parks and trails in New Baden
How much of New Baden is conserved land?
3% 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 New Baden’s trails?
New Baden Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near New Baden?
901 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Baden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does New Baden have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #666 of 768 in Illinois. 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 New Baden 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 →