Few parks or trails are on the map in Glasgow Village
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 80% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #222 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Glasgow Village?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Glasgow Village have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Glasgow Village is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #222 of 247 in Missouri. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Glasgow Village’s under 1% is ahead of 15% 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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Glasgow Village’s land. Who manages Glasgow Village’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chain Of Rocks Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
The walking year in Glasgow Village
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 56 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Glasgow Village →
Glasgow Village and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Village | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 80% | D |
| St. Louis | 8% | 0.6 | 14 | 99%+ | A− |
| Riverview | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 96% | C− |
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | 7% | 0.2 | 19 | 98% | B+ |
| Spanish Lake | 3% | 0.7 | 22 | 46% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Glasgow Village
How much of Glasgow Village 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.
Is there public land near Glasgow Village?
18,081 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glasgow Village or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Glasgow Village have?
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #222 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 Glasgow Village 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 →