Photo: Vsmith · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ava
34% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Ava’s land is conserved, about 49 acres. 42 acres are parks and preserves, 14 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #199 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ava have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ava is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #199 of 247 in Missouri. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ava’s 2% is ahead of 58% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
49 conserved acres
2% of Ava’s land. Who manages Ava’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Unknown Sports Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Mark Twain National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 6 | Open |
| Ava Forestry Office State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 2 | Open |
6 places to go in Ava
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
0.5 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 map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
June is the best month for walking in Ava
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 83 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ava →
Questions about parks and trails in Ava
How much of Ava is conserved land?
2% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Ava’s trails?
Ava City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Ava?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Ava?
1,342 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ava or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 50 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ava have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #199 of 247 in Missouri. 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 Ava 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 →