Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainJohnson City has 6 acres of parks, 3.9 for every 1,000 residents
2.9 miles of mapped trail cross Johnson City, 1.4 per square mile of land. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Johnson City?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Johnson City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Johnson City is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Johnson City’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
3 places to go in Johnson City
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
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 Johnson City: 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) | 47 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 79 | 90 | 94 | 91 | 84 | 71 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 3.0 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Johnson City →
Questions about parks and trails in Johnson City
How much of Johnson City 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 Johnson City’s trails?
Battin Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Johnson City?
6 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Johnson City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Johnson City have?
Ahead of 33% 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 Johnson City 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 →