Halstead Santa Fe Depot · Photo: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company · Public domainHalstead has 21 acres of parks, 8.3 for every 1,000 residents
0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Halstead, 0.2 per square mile of land. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Halstead?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Halstead have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Halstead is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Halstead’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 47% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Riverside Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Scout Park
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.
3 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Halstead
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 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 88 | 93 | 91 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Halstead →
Halstead and its neighbors
Halstead has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halstead | under 1% | 0.2 | 8 | 69% | C |
| Halstead 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 Halstead
Where can I hike in Halstead?
The longest trail networks: Riverside Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Halstead 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 Halstead’s trails?
Riverside Park and Scout Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Halstead?
991 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Halstead or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Halstead have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Halstead 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 →