Veterans Memorial Park of Nemaha County
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Seneca
Seneca has 43 acres of parks, 20 for every 1,000 residents
79% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Seneca, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
43 ac
20 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
79%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Seneca?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Seneca have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Seneca is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Seneca’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical KS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · KS 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land20 acres of park per 1,000 residents (43 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13BParks close to home79% of residents within a half mile of a park · KS 76% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 40%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Seneca’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Seneca. 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 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
2 places to go in Seneca
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Seneca
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
5Tennis
4Baseball
1Football
1Beach volleyball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 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 Seneca
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 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 42 | 54 | 65 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 67 | 53 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Seneca →
Next door
Seneca and its neighbors
Seneca 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca | under 1% | 0.2 | 20 | 79% | C+ |
| Richmond Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Mitchell 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 Seneca
How much of Seneca 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 Seneca’s trails?
Veterans Memorial Park of Nemaha County doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Seneca?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Seneca?
379 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Seneca or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 43 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Seneca have?
Ahead of 40% 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 Seneca 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 →