Harper City Park
Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Art davis · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Harper
96% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Harper
18 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Harper, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Harper?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Harper have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harper is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Harper’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical KS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · KS 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (18 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13BParks close to home96% of residents within a half mile of a park · KS 76% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 46%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Harper’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 50% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. 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.
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 Harper City Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Fallis Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
3Baseball
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Softball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Harper
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 89 | 93 | 91 | 84 | 71 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
January is the driest month (0.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Harper →
Next door
Harper and its neighbors
Harper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper | under 1% | 0.2 | 16 | 96% | B− |
| Township 5 | — 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 Harper
Where can I hike in Harper?
The longest trail networks: Harper City Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Harper 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 Harper’s trails?
Harper City Park and Fallis Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Harper?
18 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harper or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Harper have?
Ahead of 46% 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 Harper neighbors.
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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 →