Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Starbuck
47% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Starbuck, 0.2 per square mile of land. 14 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Starbuck have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Starbuck is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
2 places to go in Starbuck
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 lakes & rivers
1.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Starbuck
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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 20 | 25 | 38 | 54 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 56 | 39 | 25 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Starbuck →
Questions about parks and trails in Starbuck
How much of Starbuck 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 Starbuck’s trails?
Starbuck City Park and Lakeshore Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Starbuck?
1.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Starbuck?
2,203 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Starbuck or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Starbuck have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Starbuck neighbors.
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 →