Howard Smith Community Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Strafford
Few parks or trails are on the map in Strafford
41% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Strafford, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Strafford’s land is conserved, about 23 acres.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns · #197 of 247 in Missouri. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
23 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
25 ac
9.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
41%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.1 mi
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Strafford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Strafford is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #197 of 247 in Missouri. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Strafford’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land9.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (25 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home41% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
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Missouri towns of 2,500+ (247)Ahead of 20%
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Strafford’s 1% is ahead of 30% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Strafford. 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
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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.
Who protects it
23 conserved acres
1% of Strafford’s land. Who manages Strafford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city23 ac
Local Recreation Area · 15 acLocal Park · 8 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strafford Sports Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Howard Smith Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Strafford
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Strafford
Howard Smith park playgroundIn Howard Smith Community Park
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
6Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Strafford
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 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 79 | 68 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
January is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Strafford →
Questions about parks and trails in Strafford
How much of Strafford 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.
Are dogs allowed on Strafford’s trails?
Howard Smith Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Strafford?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Strafford?
2,094 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Strafford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 25 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Strafford have?
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #197 of 247 in Missouri. 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 Strafford 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 →