Photo: KTrimble · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Kimberling City
25% of Kimberling City’s land is conserved, about 562 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Kimberling City, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Kimberling City?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Kimberling City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kimberling City is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Kimberling City’s 25% is ahead of 100% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 28% of them.
Water is 9% of Kimberling City’s area (0 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 23%.
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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562 conserved acres
25% of Kimberling City’s land. Water is left out: Kimberling City has 3.5 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kimberling City’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 | 555 | Open |
| Mark Twain National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 7 | Open |
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June is the best month for walking in Kimberling City
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 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 82 | 71 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kimberling City →
Questions about parks and trails in Kimberling City
How much of Kimberling City is conserved land?
25% 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 Kimberling City?
26,969 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kimberling City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 333 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Kimberling City have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Kimberling City 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 →