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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Ogden

Ogden has 99 acres of parks, 59 for every 1,000 residents

89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Ogden, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 51% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
99 ac
59 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Ogden?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Ogden have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ogden is ahead of 51% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ogden’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 51%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ogden’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 A−. 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.

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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 Ogden South Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Ogden South Park

Park
67 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Ogden New South Park

Park
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Kansas River K-18 Wildlife Area

Managed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Things to do

1 places to go in Ogden

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

Playgrounds in Ogden

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The walking year in Ogden

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)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.713.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)404657677686918981695543
Rain (in)0.81.02.03.25.04.84.54.32.92.51.61.2

January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ogden →

Next door

Ogden and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Ogdenunder 1%0.25989%B−
Ogden Townshipunder 1%0.14273%C+
Madison Township1%0.4110%C−
Manhattan4%2.11491%A−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Ogden

Where can I hike in Ogden?

The longest trail networks: Ogden South Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Ogden 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 Ogden’s trails?

Ogden South Park and Ogden New South Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Ogden?

4,885 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ogden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 99 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Ogden have?

Ahead of 51% 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 Ogden 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 →