Dudley Township has 151 miles of mapped trails, 0.8 for every square mile of land
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Dudley Township yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Dudley Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dudley Township is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Dudley Township’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 82% of them.
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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2 places to go in Dudley Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
16 named trails
6 more trails
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.
The best walking months in Dudley Township: April and May
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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 89 | 93 | 91 | 84 | 71 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 3.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dudley Township →
Dudley Township and its neighbors
Dudley Township has the most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Township | under 1% | 0.8 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Haskell Township | under 1% | 0.6 | 1 | 45% | C− |
| Seward Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Ivanhoe Township | — 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 Dudley Township
How much of Dudley 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 Dudley Township?
3 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dudley Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dudley Township have?
Ahead of 12% 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 Dudley 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 →