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Outdoors in Deerwood

95% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Deerwood

7 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Deerwood, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
1%
6 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

12
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.

Elmer Park

Managed by City of Deerwood
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Deerwood City Park

Managed by City of Deerwood
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

6 conserved acres

1% of Deerwood’s land. Water is left out: Deerwood has 1.5 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Deerwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city6 ac
Local Recreation Area · 5 acLocal Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ball Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city5Open
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Deerwood

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Deerwood

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.5 miles of bike routes

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

0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Tennis

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Elevated Metal Water Tank, DeerwoodStructure · listed 1980
About it
Deerwood AuditoriumBuilding · listed 1995
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Deerwood

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)9.010.311.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)192638536675807869543824
Rain (in)0.70.71.32.23.54.44.53.53.02.81.41.0

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Deerwood →

Questions about parks and trails in Deerwood

Are dogs allowed on Deerwood’s trails?

Elmer Park and Deerwood City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Deerwood?

0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Deerwood?

9,031 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Deerwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Deerwood 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 →