Salisbury city park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Salisbury Square Historic District · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Salisbury
Salisbury has 14 acres of parks, 9.1 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Salisbury, 0.1 per square mile of land. 76% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
14 ac
9.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
76%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Salisbury have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Salisbury is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Salisbury’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land9.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (14 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home76% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%B
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 Salisbury’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 22% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Salisbury. 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 C− 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in Salisbury
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Salisbury
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The walking year in Salisbury
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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 42 | 54 | 65 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 67 | 53 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
January is the driest month (1.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Salisbury →
Questions about parks and trails in Salisbury
How much of Salisbury 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.
Are dogs allowed on Salisbury’s trails?
Salisbury city park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Salisbury?
196 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Salisbury or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 →