Gentry County Courthouse · Photo: Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Athens Township
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Athens Township. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 7.8 per 1,000 residents. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Athens Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Athens Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Athens Township is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Athens Township’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 12% of them.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
8 places to go in Athens Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Athens Township
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 40 | 52 | 64 | 73 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 65 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Athens Township →
Athens Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 8 | 52% | D |
| Cooper Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 44% | D |
| Miller Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Howard Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Athens Township
How much of Athens Township is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Missouri town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Athens Township?
221 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Athens Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Athens Township have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Athens Township 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 →