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Kimball Prairie Village HallKimball Prairie Village Hall · Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Kimball

Few parks or trails are on the map in Kimball

The biggest trail networks: Willow Creek Park (0.7 mi). 18 acres are parks and preserves, 26 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Kimball, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
26 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Willow Creek Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Willow Creek Park

Park
18 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

4 conserved acres

under 1% of Kimball’s land. Who manages Kimball’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State fish & wildlife4 ac
State Conservation Area · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Willow Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Stearns)
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife4Restricted
Things to do

3 places to go in Kimball

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

Playgrounds in Kimball
Willow Creek Park PlaygroundIn Willow Creek Park
Directions

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

Biking & sports

0.3 miles of bike routes

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

0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
5Baseball
1Football

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 →
Kimball Prairie Village HallBuilding · listed 1982
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Kimball

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)9.110.311.813.414.915.615.314.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212639556877817971564026
Rain (in)0.70.81.52.73.74.33.94.03.02.51.40.9

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Kimball →

Questions about parks and trails in Kimball

Where can I hike in Kimball?

The longest trail networks: Willow Creek Park, 0.7 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Kimball’s trails?

Willow Creek Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Kimball?

0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Kimball?

1,255 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kimball or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Kimball 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 →