Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
162 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Drywood Township
6% of Drywood Township’s land is conserved: 1,814 acres
8.3 miles of mapped trail cross Drywood Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
1,814 acres · of 47.2 sq mi of land
Trails
8.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Drywood Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Drywood Township is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Drywood Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 19%
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Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Drywood Township’s 6% is ahead of 87% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 40% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Drywood 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 range from D to C. 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.
Who protects it
1,814 conserved acres
6% of Drywood Township’s land. Who manages Drywood Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)95 ac
Not recorded1,719 ac
State Conservation Area · 1,719 acConservation Easement · 95 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 95 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Prairie Conservation Area State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 888 | Restricted |
| Osage Prairie Natural Area State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 667 | Restricted |
| Bushwacker Lake Conservation Area State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 164 | Restricted |
Things to do
2 places to go in Drywood Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Drywood Township
2 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
1Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Drywood 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 81 | 70 | 57 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
January is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Drywood Township →
Next door
Drywood Township and its neighbors
Drywood Township has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Moundville Township19 miDrywood Township8.3 miUnion Township6.2 miCenter Township5.7 miDover Township5.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drywood Township | 6% | 0.2 | under 1 | under 1% | C− |
| Moundville Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Dover Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Union Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Center Township | 1% | 0.2 | 39 | 68% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Drywood Township
How much of Drywood Township is conserved land?
6% 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 Drywood Township’s trails?
Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Drywood Township?
530 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Drywood Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Drywood Township have?
Ahead of 19% 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 Drywood 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 →