Wayland Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Lee and Gottliebe Fritz House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0COutdoors
Outdoors in Gordon
Gordon has 15 acres of parks, 8.8 for every 1,000 residents
94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Gordon, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
8.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Gordon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Gordon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gordon is ahead of 32% 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 Gordon’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NE town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NE 0.3 · U.S. 0.4CPark land8.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · NE 15 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home94% of residents within a half mile of a park · NE 90% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 32%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. 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.
Winship Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Biking & sports
0.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
2Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Lee and Gottliebe Fritz HouseBuilding · listed 2003
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Gordon: August 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 79 | 87 | 85 | 76 | 61 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gordon →
Questions about parks and trails in Gordon
How much of Gordon is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Nebraska town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Gordon’s trails?
Wayland Park and Winship Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Gordon?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Gordon?
15 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gordon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gordon have?
Ahead of 32% 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 Gordon 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 →