Hardman Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jmorgan1959 · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Osborne
Few parks or trails are on the map in Osborne
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Osborne, 0.1 per square mile of land. 37% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 6.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
6.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
37%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Osborne have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Osborne is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Osborne’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical KS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · KS 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land6.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13CParks close to home37% of residents within a half mile of a park · KS 76% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 14%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Osborne’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 23% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Osborne. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D 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
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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.
Things to do
2 places to go in Osborne
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Osborne
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Picnic areas in Osborne
1 picnic area without a name on the map.
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
2Tennis
1Football
1Baseball
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). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Osborne
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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 88 | 93 | 90 | 82 | 69 | 55 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 4.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Osborne →
Questions about parks and trails in Osborne
How much of Osborne 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 Osborne’s trails?
Hardman Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Osborne?
18 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Osborne or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Osborne have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Osborne 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 →