Brush Creek Bridge · Photo: Photo by Michael Overton. · CC BY-SA 2.5Few parks or trails are on the map in Spring Valley Township
0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Spring Valley Township. 9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 3.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Spring Valley Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spring Valley Township is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Spring Valley Township’s under 1% is ahead of 12% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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.
40 conserved acres
under 1% of Spring Valley Township’s land. Who manages Spring Valley Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 36 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Fields Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Kiwanis Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Spring Valley Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 lakes & rivers
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.
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.
The walking year in Spring Valley 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 86 | 91 | 90 | 82 | 71 | 59 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
February is the driest month (1.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spring Valley Township →
Spring Valley Township and its neighbors
Spring Valley Township 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 4 | 9% | D |
| Baxter Springs | 3% | under 0.1 | 16 | 62% | C+ |
| Garden Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 12% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Spring Valley Township
How much of Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley Township’s trails?
Old Rte 66 park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Spring Valley Township?
658 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Valley Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Spring Valley Township have?
Ahead of 8% 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 Spring Valley Township 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 →