Silver Lake Lions Club Community Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Kswx29 · CC BY 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Silver Lake Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Silver Lake Township
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Silver Lake Township. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.0 per 1,000 residents. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 17.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
2.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
44%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Silver Lake Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Silver Lake Township is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Silver Lake Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical KS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · KS 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land2.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home44% 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 9%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Silver Lake Township’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 9% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Silver Lake Township. 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 still be D. 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
3 places to go in Silver Lake Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Silver Lake Township
Little Lake Playground
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
6Baseball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Silver Lake Township
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 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 86 | 90 | 89 | 81 | 69 | 55 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Silver Lake Township →
Next door
Silver Lake Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Rossville Township5.0 miMenoken Township4.1 miMission Township3.4 miDover Township3.1 miGrove Township2.2 miSilver Lake Township0.2 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 44% | D |
| Dover Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Menoken Township | 2% | 0.1 | 355 | 2% | C+ |
| Grove Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Rossville Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Mission Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 20% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Silver Lake Township
How much of Silver Lake Township 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 Silver Lake Township’s trails?
Silver Lake Lions Club Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Silver Lake Township?
2,958 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Silver Lake Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Silver Lake Township have?
Ahead of 9% 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 Silver Lake Township 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 →