Downing Street Historic District · Photo: User:Jessalo · CC BY-SA 4.0Hollister has 13 acres of parks, 2.8 for every 1,000 residents
0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Hollister. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #223 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
How much outdoors does Hollister have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hollister is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #223 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hollister’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Chad A. Fuqua Memorial Park
Hulland Park
Tiger Park
1 conserved acres
under 1% of Hollister’s land. Who manages Hollister’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Rock Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 1 | Open |
4 places to go in Hollister
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 picnic area without a name on the map.
1 named trail
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
June is the best month for walking in Hollister
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) | 46 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 86 | 90 | 89 | 82 | 71 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hollister →
Hollister and its neighbors
Hollister has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollister | under 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 59% | D |
| Branson | 16% | 1.3 | 25 | 45% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hollister
How much of Hollister 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 Hollister’s trails?
Longview Park and Chad A. Fuqua Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Hollister?
20,293 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hollister or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hollister have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #223 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 Hollister 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 →