Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Phillipsburg has 21 acres of parks, 9.8 for every 1,000 residents
76% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Phillipsburg, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Phillipsburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Phillipsburg is ahead of 43% 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 Phillipsburg’s 1% is ahead of 26% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
7 conserved acres
1% of Phillipsburg’s land. Who manages Phillipsburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
11 places to go in Phillipsburg
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
10 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). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Phillipsburg
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 87 | 92 | 89 | 82 | 69 | 55 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 3.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Phillipsburg →
Phillipsburg and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg | 1% | 0.4 | 10 | 76% | C+ |
| Phillipsburg Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Solomon 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 Phillipsburg
How much of Phillipsburg is conserved land?
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 Phillipsburg’s trails?
Phillipsburg City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Phillipsburg?
628 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Phillipsburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Phillipsburg have?
Ahead of 43% 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 Phillipsburg 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 →