Few parks or trails are on the map in Valley Township
0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Valley Township. 1% of Valley Township’s land is conserved, about 236 acres.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Valley Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Valley Township is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Valley Township’s 1% is ahead of 32% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 13% 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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236 conserved acres
1% of Valley Township’s land. Who manages Valley Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 236 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 lakes & rivers
April is the best month for walking in 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 85 | 89 | 88 | 80 | 68 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
January is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Valley Township →
Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Township | 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Osage Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Osawatomie | 2% | 1.2 | 77 | 85% | A− |
| Paola Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 30 | 21% | C− |
| Miami Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Paola | 16% | 1.7 | 104 | 94% | A+ |
| Stanton 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 Valley Township
How much of Valley Township 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 Valley Township?
7,455 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Valley Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Valley Township have?
Ahead of 6% 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 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 →