Greeley County Courthouse · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainGreeley County has 860 acres of parks, 703 for every 1,000 residents
225 miles of mapped trail cross Greeley County, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Greeley County?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Greeley County have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greeley County is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident 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 Greeley County’s under 1% is ahead of 16% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 56% 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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1,056 conserved acres
under 1% of Greeley County’s land. Who manages Greeley County’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 984 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Private Land Private Other or Unknown | Private owners | 50 | Closed |
| Greeley Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 22 | Restricted |
1 places to go in Greeley County
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
25 named trails
15 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Greeley County: 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 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 76 | 87 | 92 | 89 | 82 | 69 | 55 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 3.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Greeley County →
Greeley County and its neighbors
Greeley County has the most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greeley County | under 1% | 0.3 | 703 | under 1% | C |
| Sharon Springs Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Weskan 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 Greeley County
How much of Greeley County 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 Greeley County?
1,090 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greeley County or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 860 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Greeley County have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Greeley County 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 →