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Outdoors in Buckeye Township

Buckeye Township has 66 miles of mapped trails, 0.2 for every square mile of land

3 acres are parks and preserves, 3.9 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 392.4 sq mi of land
Trails
66 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
3.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Buckeye Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Buckeye Township is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Buckeye Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 9%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Buckeye Township’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 42% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Buckeye Township. 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 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
Trails & water

2 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
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Buckeye Township

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.613.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)424657677687929082695544
Rain (in)0.60.81.42.23.93.44.03.52.11.71.00.8

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 4.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Buckeye Township →

Next door

Buckeye Township and its neighbors

Buckeye Township has the most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Buckeye Townshipunder 1%0.24under 1%D
Big Creek Townshipunder 1%0.111725%C
Herzog Townshipunder 1%0.3252%C−
Ogallah Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Township 11under 1%0.2386%C
Township 9— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Township 12— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Buckeye Township

How much of Buckeye Township is conserved land?

under 1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Kansas town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Is there public land near Buckeye Township?

2,362 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Buckeye Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Buckeye Township have?

Ahead of 9% 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 Buckeye Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →