City Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Parkers Prairie
Parkers Prairie has 7 acres of parks, 7.1 for every 1,000 residents
91% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
7.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
91%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Parkers Prairie?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Parkers Prairie have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Parkers Prairie is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Parkers Prairie’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MN town 5% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MN 0.5 · U.S. 0.4DPark land7.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · MN 24 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home91% of residents within a half mile of a park · MN 95% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 21%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Parkers Prairie. 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 C. 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.
Things to do
2 places to go in Parkers Prairie
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Parkers Prairie
Parkers Prairie Swimming PoolHours: Mon–Sun 11 am – 7 pm · In City Park
DirectionsCommunity gardens in Parkers Prairie
Parkers Prairie Community Garden
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Tennis
3Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Parkers Prairie
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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°F) | 18 | 24 | 36 | 52 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 69 | 54 | 37 | 24 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 4.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Parkers Prairie →
Questions about parks and trails in Parkers Prairie
How much of Parkers Prairie 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.
Are dogs allowed on Parkers Prairie’s trails?
City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Parkers Prairie?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Parkers Prairie?
1,999 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Parkers Prairie or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Parkers Prairie have?
Ahead of 21% 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 Parkers Prairie 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 →