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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Lakeshire

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Lakeshire

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
1 acre · of 0.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Lakeshire?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Lakeshire have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lakeshire is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lakeshire’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 24%
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Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Lakeshire’s 1% is ahead of 19% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Lakeshire. 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
Who protects it

1 conserved acres

1% of Lakeshire’s land. Who manages Lakeshire’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city1 ac
Local Recreation Area · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Grant'S Trail
Local Recreation Area
Town or city1Open
When to get out

The walking year in Lakeshire

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.214.314.814.613.712.411.110.09.5
High (°F)404656687785898780695544
Rain (in)2.62.23.54.75.04.53.93.43.53.13.42.8

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lakeshire →

Next door

Lakeshire and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Lakeshire1%under 0.1under 199%+C−
Affton1%under 0.1175%C−
Concord1%under 0.1242%D

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Lakeshire

How much of Lakeshire is conserved land?

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 Lakeshire?

11,513 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lakeshire or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Lakeshire have?

Ahead of 24% 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 Lakeshire 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 →