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Outdoors in Milford

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Milford

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 32 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
32 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Milford?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Milford have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Milford is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Milford’s overall grade.
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 D 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.

123
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.

Welch Park

Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

South Park

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Uptown Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
4Tennis
3Baseball
1Basketball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Milford: 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.114.813.812.411.09.89.3
High (°F)353952637383878578665138
Rain (in)0.70.91.62.65.04.53.73.62.82.31.31.1

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Milford →

Questions about parks and trails in Milford

How much of Milford 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 Milford’s trails?

Welch Park and South Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Milford?

1,831 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Milford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Milford 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 Milford 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 →