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Crawford, NebraskaPhoto: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Crawford

Few parks or trails are on the map in Crawford

23% of Crawford’s land is conserved, about 166 acres. 69 acres are parks and preserves, 79 per 1,000 residents. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Crawford, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
23%
166 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
69 ac
79 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
68%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

12
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.

Fort Robinson State Park

Managed by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
165 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗

Crawford City Park

Park
69 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

166 conserved acres

23% of Crawford’s land. Who manages Crawford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State fish & wildlife331 ac
State Park · 331 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Fort Robinson State Park
State Park
State fish & wildlife331Restricted
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.8 miUnpaved · 0.9 mi
White River Trail0.7 mi
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.

White River TrailBike route
0.7 mi
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Tennis
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 →
Co-operative Block BuildingBuilding · listed 1985
About it
US Post Office-CrawfordBuilding · listed 1992
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Crawford: April and September

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)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)394252606981898878635039
Rain (in)0.50.61.32.23.32.82.21.51.51.60.60.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 3.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Crawford →

Questions about parks and trails in Crawford

Are dogs allowed on Crawford’s trails?

Fort Robinson State Park and Crawford City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Crawford?

17,634 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Crawford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 69 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Crawford neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →