Few parks or trails are on the map in Spring Township
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Spring Township.
Ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Spring Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spring Township is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Spring Township’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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
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April is the best month for walking in Spring 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 86 | 91 | 90 | 82 | 70 | 57 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
January is the driest month (0.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spring Township →
Spring Township 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| El Dorado Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Little Walnut 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 Spring Township
How much of Spring 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.
Is there public land near Spring Township?
3,175 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Spring Township have?
Ahead of 2% 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 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 →