Hiawassee Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Iknowthegoods · CC BY-SA 3.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Mission Hills
Mission Hills has 6 acres of parks, 1.8 for every 1,000 residents
4.8 miles of mapped trail cross Mission Hills, 2.4 per square mile of land. 92% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns · #83 of 151 in Kansas. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
4.8 mi
2.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
1.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
92%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
What kind of outdoors town is Mission Hills?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mission Hills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mission Hills is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns, #83 of 151 in Kansas. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mission Hills’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical KS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails2.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · KS 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land1.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home92% 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 47%
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Kansas towns of 2,500+ (151)Ahead of 45%
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Mission Hills’ under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 99% 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Mission Hills Sunken Garden
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Verona Columns
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
1 places to go in Mission Hills
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Mission Hills
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
20Tennis
6Basketball
5Pickleball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 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 Mission Hills
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 44 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 79 | 67 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
January is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mission Hills →
Next door
Mission Hills and its neighbors
Mission Hills has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Hills | under 1% | 2.4 | 2 | 92% | B− |
| Prairie Village | 1% | 0.9 | 7 | 90% | B |
| Fairway | 2% | 0.3 | 4 | 99%+ | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Mission Hills
How much of Mission Hills 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 Mission Hills’ trails?
Hiawassee Park and Peetwood Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mission Hills?
15,331 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mission Hills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mission Hills have?
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #83 of 151 in Kansas. 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 Mission Hills 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 →