St John Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Gray, William R., Photography Studio and Residence · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in St. John
St. John has 16 acres of parks, 14 for every 1,000 residents
88% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is St. John?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does St. John have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, St. John is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of St. John’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 land14 acres of park per 1,000 residents (16 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home88% 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 25%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so St. John’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in St. John. 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 D to C+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in St. John
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in St. John
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
2Tennis
1Baseball
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Gray, William R., Photography Studio and ResidenceBuilding · listed 2013
About itWhen to get out
April is the best month for walking in St. John
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 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 88 | 92 | 90 | 82 | 70 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 4.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. John →
Questions about parks and trails in St. John
How much of St. John 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 St. John’s trails?
St John Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near St. John?
19 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. John or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does St. John have?
Ahead of 25% 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 St. John 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 →