Fire Fighters Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Blue Summit
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Blue Summit
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.7 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Blue Summit, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Blue Summit?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Blue Summit have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Blue Summit is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Blue Summit’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land0.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · MO 11 · U.S. 13DParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Blue Summit’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 61% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Blue Summit. 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 C− to B. 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
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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.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Blue Summit
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 68 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
January is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Blue Summit →
Next door
Blue Summit and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Summit | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 99%+ | C+ |
| Kansas City | 7% | 0.6 | 25 | 89% | A− |
| Independence | 5% | 0.6 | 19 | 74% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Blue Summit
How much of Blue Summit 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.
Are dogs allowed on Blue Summit’s trails?
Fire Fighters Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Blue Summit?
13,648 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Blue Summit or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Blue Summit have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Blue Summit 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 →