Winchester Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Winchester
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Winchester, 1.2 per square mile of land. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Winchester?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Winchester have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Winchester is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
August is the best month for walking in Winchester
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 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 41 | 53 | 65 | 75 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 53 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Winchester →
Questions about parks and trails in Winchester
How much of Winchester 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.
Is there public land near Winchester?
939 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Winchester or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Winchester have?
Ahead of 50% 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 Winchester neighbors.
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 →