Harris-Chilton-Ruble House · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in New Franklin
83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of New Franklin’s land is conserved, about 11 acres. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 8.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is New Franklin?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does New Franklin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Franklin is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. 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 New Franklin’s 1% is ahead of 31% 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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11 conserved acres
1% of New Franklin’s land. Who manages New Franklin’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Franklin City Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Katy Trail State Park | State parks | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in New Franklin
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1.3 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.
3 places 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.
The walking year in New Franklin
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 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 44 | 56 | 67 | 76 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 68 | 55 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
January is the driest month (1.8 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 New Franklin →
Questions about parks and trails in New Franklin
How much of New Franklin 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.
Where can I bike in New Franklin?
1.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near New Franklin?
1,164 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Franklin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does New Franklin have?
Ahead of 28% 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 New Franklin 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 →