Photo: Drowzy at English Wikipedia · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Piedmont
4 acres are parks and preserves, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 53% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Piedmont, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Piedmont have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Piedmont is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Piedmont’s under 1% is ahead of 15% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 51% 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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5 conserved acres
under 1% of Piedmont’s land. Who manages Piedmont’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Dist Hq State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 5 | Restricted |
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.
June is the best month for walking in Piedmont
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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 50 | 59 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 90 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
January is the driest month (3.2 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 Piedmont →
Questions about parks and trails in Piedmont
How much of Piedmont 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.
Is there public land near Piedmont?
39,833 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Piedmont or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Piedmont have?
Ahead of 22% 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 Piedmont 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 →