Delaware Township has 9.5 miles of mapped trails, 0.5 for every square mile of land
12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 3.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Delaware Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Delaware Township is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Delaware Township’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
Water is 5% of Delaware Township’s area (1 of 21 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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
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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
1 lakes & rivers
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Delaware 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.
| 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 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 85 | 89 | 88 | 80 | 68 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Delaware Township →
Delaware Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | under 1% | 0.5 | 3 | 12% | C− |
| Lansing | under 1% | 0.9 | 17 | 82% | B |
| Leavenworth | 2% | 1.2 | 12 | 75% | B+ |
| Kansas City | 3% | 0.4 | 17 | 64% | B |
| Fairmount Township | under 1% | 0.2 | 6 | 33% | C− |
| Kickapoo Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 4% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Delaware Township
How much of Delaware 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.
Are dogs allowed on Delaware Township’s trails?
Leavenworth Landing Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Delaware Township?
7,279 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Delaware Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Delaware Township have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Delaware Township 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 →