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Commercial businesses along Main Avenue, Braham, MinnesotaPhoto: Myotus · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Braham

Few parks or trails are on the map in Braham

40% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.1 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Braham have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Braham is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Braham’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 6%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Braham. 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 D. 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
Biking & sports

0.8 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
0.6 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
5Baseball
1Softball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Oscar Olson HouseBuilding · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Braham

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212740556877817971564027
Rain (in)0.80.81.52.84.04.44.44.13.42.91.61.1

January is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Braham →

Next door

Braham and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Brahamunder 1%under 0.1under 140%D
Stanchfield Townshipunder 1%under 0.1under 15%D
Grass Lake Township4%under 0.1under 1under 1%D

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Braham

How much of Braham is conserved land?

under 1% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Minnesota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Where can I bike in Braham?

0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths and 0.6 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Braham?

567 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Braham or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Braham 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 Braham neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →