Sievers Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Norwood Hills Country Club · Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Jennings
Jennings has 9.2 miles of mapped trails, 2.5 for every square mile of land
91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 45 acres are parks and preserves, 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #99 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
12 acres · of 3.7 sq mi of land
Trails
9.2 mi
2.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
45 ac
3.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
91%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Jennings?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Jennings have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jennings is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #99 of 247 in Missouri. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Jennings’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails2.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (9 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land3.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (45 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home91% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 55%
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Missouri towns of 2,500+ (247)Ahead of 60%
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Jennings’ under 1% is ahead of 17% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 99% 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.
Who protects it
12 conserved acres
under 1% of Jennings’ land. Who manages Jennings’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city12 ac
Local Park · 12 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Park Local Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Jennings
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Jennings
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
9Tennis
6Pickleball
2Baseball
1Football
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The walking year in Jennings
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 | 77 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 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 Jennings →
Next door
Jennings and its neighbors
Jennings has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
St. Louis38 miJennings9.2 miFerguson1.6 miBellefontaine Neighbors0.7 miNorthwoods0.0 miPine Lawn0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings | under 1% | 2.5 | 4 | 91% | B |
| Northwoods | 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 99%+ | C |
| Ferguson | 2% | 0.3 | 7 | 97% | B− |
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | 7% | 0.2 | 19 | 98% | B+ |
| Pine Lawn | 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 90% | C− |
| St. Louis | 8% | 0.6 | 14 | 99%+ | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Jennings
How much of Jennings 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 Jennings’ trails?
Sievers Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Jennings?
18,397 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jennings or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 45 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Jennings have?
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #99 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 Jennings 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 →