City Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: SamuelNelsonGISP · CC BY-SA 4.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Cooper Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Cooper Township
4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.0 per 1,000 residents. 3.3 miles of mapped trail cross Cooper Township. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 69.4 sq mi of land
Trails
3.3 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
2.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
44%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cooper Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cooper Township is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cooper Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land2.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home44% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Cooper Township’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cooper Township. 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 still be D. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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.
Things to do
4 places to go in Cooper Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Cooper Township
Stanberry Swimming Pool
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Cooper Township
City Park PlaygroundIn City Park
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Basketball
2Baseball
1Pickleball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Cooper 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) | 35 | 40 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 66 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cooper Township →
Next door
Cooper Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Miller Township11 miJefferson Township5.9 miJackson Township5.5 miCooper Township3.3 miWilson Township3.2 miWashington Township1.1 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 44% | D |
| Jackson Township | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Miller Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Wilson Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Washington Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Jefferson 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 Cooper Township
How much of Cooper 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.
Are dogs allowed on Cooper Township’s trails?
City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cooper Township?
153 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cooper Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cooper Township have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Cooper Township 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 →