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Outdoors in Mill Creek Township

Mill Creek Township has 9 acres of parks, 8.8 for every 1,000 residents

1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Mill Creek Township. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
130 acres · of 41.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
8.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
69%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Mill Creek Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mill Creek Township is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mill Creek Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical KS town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · KS 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land8.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home69% of residents within a half mile of a park · KS 76% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 26%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Mill Creek Township’s under 1% is ahead of 25% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% 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.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

130 conserved acres

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

USDA easements (NRCS)130 ac
Conservation Easement · 130 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 130 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Things to do

2 places to go in Mill Creek Township

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

Playgrounds in Mill Creek Township

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

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
3Soccer
2Baseball
1Beach volleyball
1Equestrian
1Tennis
1Football

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Teske FarmsteadBuilding · listed 2009
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Mill Creek Township

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)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)384355667585898880685342
Rain (in)0.71.22.03.34.94.74.34.03.22.51.61.2

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mill Creek Township →

Next door

Mill Creek Township and its neighbors

Mill Creek Township has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Lincoln Township2.3 miMill Creek Township1.8 miLone Tree Township1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Mill Creek Townshipunder 1%under 0.1969%C
Lone Tree Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Lincoln 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 Mill Creek Township

How much of Mill Creek Township 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 Mill Creek Township?

264 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mill Creek Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Mill Creek Township have?

Ahead of 26% 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 Mill Creek Township 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 →