Photo: Photo taken by Marcusscotus1. · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Cedar Hill
4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.9 per 1,000 residents. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Cedar Hill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cedar Hill is ahead of 8% 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 Cedar Hill’s under 1% is ahead of 11% 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
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3 conserved acres
under 1% of Cedar Hill’s land. Who manages Cedar Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Cedar Hill Access Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
The walking year in Cedar Hill
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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 47 | 57 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 88 | 81 | 70 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cedar Hill →
Questions about parks and trails in Cedar Hill
How much of Cedar Hill 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 Cedar Hill?
2,465 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cedar Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cedar Hill have?
Ahead of 8% 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 Cedar Hill 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 →