Few parks or trails are on the map in Nickerson
85% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Nickerson, 0.4 per square mile of land. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 9.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Nickerson?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Nickerson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Nickerson is ahead of 39% 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 Nickerson’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 62% 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
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4 places to go in Nickerson
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Nickerson
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 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 77 | 88 | 93 | 91 | 83 | 70 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 4.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Nickerson →
Questions about parks and trails in Nickerson
How much of Nickerson 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 Nickerson?
475 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nickerson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Nickerson have?
Ahead of 39% 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 Nickerson 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 →