Martin Luther King Jr Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Cotton Hill Township
Cotton Hill Township has 16 miles of mapped trails, 0.5 for every square mile of land
47 acres are parks and preserves, 9.7 per 1,000 residents. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns · #163 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
45 acres · of 35.6 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
47 ac
9.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
63%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cotton Hill Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cotton Hill Township is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns, #163 of 247 in Missouri. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cotton Hill Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (16 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land9.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (47 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home63% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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Missouri towns of 2,500+ (247)Ahead of 34%
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Cotton Hill Township’s under 1% is ahead of 10% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 66% of 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
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.
Cotton Bell Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
45 conserved acres
under 1% of Cotton Hill Township’s land. Who manages Cotton Hill Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city45 ac
Local Park · 45 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Goldsmith Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Tammy Wynette Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Cleveland St Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Central Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Beckwith Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Veterans Wall Of Recognition Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
8 places to go in Cotton Hill Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cotton Hill Township
8 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
7Baseball
4Tennis
4Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Cotton Hill 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 50 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 73 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
August is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cotton Hill Township →
Next door
Cotton Hill Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Liberty Township193 miUnion Township46 miCotton Hill Township16 miMalden5.8 miFreeborn Township3.9 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill Township | under 1% | 0.5 | 10 | 63% | C+ |
| Union Township | 3% | 0.4 | 80 | 36% | B |
| Freeborn Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 1 | 64% | C− |
| Malden | 1% | 0.7 | 12 | 82% | B |
| Liberty Township | 6% | 1.3 | 6 | 36% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Cotton Hill Township
How much of Cotton Hill 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 Cotton Hill Township’s trails?
Martin Luther King Jr Park and Malden City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cotton Hill Township?
314 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cotton Hill Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 47 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cotton Hill Township have?
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #163 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 Cotton Hill 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 →