Grant County Courthouse District · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Ulysses has 20 acres of parks, 3.6 for every 1,000 residents
4.5 miles of mapped trail cross Ulysses, 1.4 per square mile of land. 91% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns · #68 of 151 in Kansas. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Ulysses?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Ulysses have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ulysses is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #68 of 151 in Kansas. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ulysses’ 1% is ahead of 28% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 95% 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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13 conserved acres
1% of Ulysses’ land. Who manages Ulysses’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frazier Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| St Marys Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Russ Binney Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Ulysses: April and May
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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 79 | 90 | 94 | 91 | 84 | 72 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 2.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ulysses →
Questions about parks and trails in Ulysses
How much of Ulysses is conserved land?
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 Ulysses?
19 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ulysses or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ulysses have?
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #68 of 151 in Kansas. 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 Ulysses 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 →