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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Eudora

Eudora has 35 acres of parks, 5.7 for every 1,000 residents

87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Eudora’s land is conserved, about 30 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Eudora, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns · #107 of 151 in Kansas. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
30 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
35 ac
5.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
87%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.0 mi
4.0 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Eudora?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Eudora have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Eudora is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #107 of 151 in Kansas. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Eudora’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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Kansas towns of 2,500+ (151)Ahead of 29%

Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Eudora’s 1% is ahead of 39% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 27% of 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Bluejacket Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Bluejacket Park

Park
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Lucy Kaegi Park

Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Pilla Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Eudora Boat Ramp

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
Bluejacket Park17 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Lucy Kaegi Park9 acres
Directions
Pilla Park3 acres
Directions
Eudora Boat Ramp2 acres
CPA Park1 acres
Directions
Paschal Fish Park1 acres
Abraham Still Park1 acres · City of Eudora, KS
Directions
Who protects it

30 conserved acres

1% of Eudora’s land. Who manages Eudora’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city30 ac
Local Park · 28 acLocal Recreation Area · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Bluejacket Park
Local Park
Town or city15Open
Lucy Kaegi Park
Local Park
Town or city8Open
Pilla East & West Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Cpa Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Eudora Aquatic Center
Local Recreation Area
Town or city1Open
Paschal Fish Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

7 places to go in Eudora

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Eudora

7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

4.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

4.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
6Baseball
3Basketball
2Tennis
1Football
1Multi-sport

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

History along the way

4 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Charles Pilla HouseBuilding · listed 1974
About it
Holy Family Catholic ChurchBuilding · listed 2020
About it
Cohn/Gardner-Hill & Company StoreBuilding · listed 2021
About it
First Methodist Church of EudoraBuilding · listed 2024
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Eudora

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)404557677685908880685543
Rain (in)1.01.52.33.85.15.54.34.43.83.22.11.6

January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Eudora →

Questions about parks and trails in Eudora

Where can I hike in Eudora?

The longest trail networks: Bluejacket Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Eudora is conserved land?

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 Eudora’s trails?

Bluejacket Park and Lucy Kaegi Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Eudora?

4.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.0 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Eudora?

5,376 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Eudora or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Eudora have?

Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #107 of 151 in Kansas. 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 Eudora 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 →