Photo: RuralResurrection · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Cole Camp
2% of Cole Camp’s land is conserved, about 17 acres.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Cole Camp have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cole Camp is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Cole Camp’s 2% is ahead of 51% 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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17 conserved acres
2% of Cole Camp’s land. Who manages Cole Camp’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 17 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Cole Camp
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 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 88 | 87 | 79 | 68 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
January is the driest month (1.9 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 Cole Camp →
Questions about parks and trails in Cole Camp
How much of Cole Camp 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.
Is there public land near Cole Camp?
228 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cole Camp or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cole Camp have?
Ahead of 6% 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 Cole Camp 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 →