Centennial Park
Managed by City of Mitchell, Nebraska
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
M. B. Quivey House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Mitchell
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Mitchell
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 4.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
4.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Mitchell?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mitchell have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mitchell is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mitchell’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NE town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NE 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land4.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · NE 15 · U.S. 13CParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NE 90% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 24%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Mitchell. 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 D 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Ziegler Park
Managed by City of Mitchell, Nebraska
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Kiwanis Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
4 places to go in Mitchell
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Mitchell
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Mitchell
Carol A. Fuller Charity Foundation Dog Park
DirectionsBiking & 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
2Basketball
1Football
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 best walking months in Mitchell: April to June 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 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 83 | 90 | 88 | 79 | 64 | 51 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
January is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 2.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mitchell →
Questions about parks and trails in Mitchell
How much of Mitchell 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 Mitchell’s trails?
Centennial Park and Ziegler Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mitchell?
5,428 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mitchell or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mitchell 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 Mitchell 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 →