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John Dickinson Dopf MansionJohn Dickinson Dopf Mansion · Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Rock Port

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rock Port

0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Rock Port. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
67%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Rock Port have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rock Port is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rock Port’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Rock Port’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Rock Port. 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
Things to do

3 places to go in Rock Port

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Rock Port

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
1Basketball
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
John Dickinson Dopf MansionBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Atchison County Memorial BuildingBuilding · listed 1987
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Rock Port

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)354053647483878579665139
Rain (in)0.71.02.03.35.34.94.73.63.22.71.71.2

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rock Port →

Questions about parks and trails in Rock Port

How much of Rock Port 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 Rock Port?

2,433 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rock Port or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Rock Port have?

Ahead of 12% 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 Rock Port 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 →