Saint Francis Wildlife Area
Park
169 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Wano Township
Wano Township has 159 acres of parks, 98 for every 1,000 residents
89 miles of mapped trail cross Wano Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
355 acres · of 361.6 sq mi of land
Trails
89 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
159 ac
98 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Wano Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Wano Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wano Township is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wano Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical KS town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (89 mi) · KS 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land98 acres of park per 1,000 residents (159 acres) · KS 13 · U.S. 13AParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · KS 76% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 30%
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Few Kansas towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Wano Township’s under 1% is ahead of 17% of Kansas towns, while its trails per square mile lead 50% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
355 conserved acres
under 1% of Wano Township’s land. Who manages Wano Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)186 ac
State fish & wildlife169 ac
Conservation Easement · 186 acState Conservation Area · 169 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 186 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 169 | Restricted |
Things to do
5 places to go in Wano Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Wano Township
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Wano Township
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
15 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 2.2 mi
County Road I12.0 mi
County Road F11.0 mi
County Road U9.0 mi
County Road Z5.5 mi
County Road W4.0 mi
County Road D3.0 mi
County Road CC1.2 mi
County Road 171.0 mi
County Road 41.0 mi
County Road East1.0 mi
5 more trails
River Walk
0.9 miCounty Road Q
0.6 miCounty Road 11
0.5 miRoad 11
0.4 miCounty Road M
0.1 miLakes & rivers tap for directions
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
1Volleyball
1Basketball
1Tracks
1Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Wano Township: 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 86 | 92 | 89 | 81 | 67 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 3.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wano Township →
Next door
Wano Township and its neighbors
Wano Township has the most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Wano Township89 miBird City Township46 miBenkelman Township29 miCleveland Run Township9.1 miJaqua Township7.9 miOrlando Township7.7 miVoltaire Township7.5 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wano Township | under 1% | 0.2 | 98 | under 1% | C |
| Cleveland Run Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Orlando Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Benkelman Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Jaqua Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Bird City Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Voltaire 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 Wano Township
How much of Wano 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 Wano Township’s trails?
Saint Francis Wildlife Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Wano Township?
5,261 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wano Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 162 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wano Township have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Wano Township 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 →