Photo: Dean Sebourn · CC BY 2.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Doniphan
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Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Doniphan?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Doniphan have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Doniphan is ahead of 4% 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 Doniphan’s 1% is ahead of 20% 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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6 conserved acres
1% of Doniphan’s land. Who manages Doniphan’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current River Purchase Unit National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 6 | Open |
1 places to go in Doniphan
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Doniphan
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 | 51 | 60 | 71 | 79 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 82 | 72 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
January is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.5 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Doniphan →
Questions about parks and trails in Doniphan
How much of Doniphan is conserved land?
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 Doniphan?
34,663 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Doniphan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Doniphan have?
Ahead of 4% 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 Doniphan 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 →