Riverside Park
Managed by City of Neligh
38 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Kester Planing Mill · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Neligh
Neligh has 61 acres of parks, 40 for every 1,000 residents
82% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Neligh, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
61 ac
40 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
82%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.8 mi
2.8 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Neligh?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Neligh have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Neligh is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Neligh’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 land40 acres of park per 1,000 residents (61 acres) · NE 15 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home82% of residents within a half mile of a park · NE 90% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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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
The longest trail network is Riverside Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Fred Penn Park
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
2 places to go in Neligh
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Neligh
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
2.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
1Beach volleyball
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →9 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.
Neligh MillBuilding · listed 1969
About itAntelope County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1980
About itSt. Peter's Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 1980
About itGates College GymnasiumBuilding · listed 1981
About itNeligh Mill ElevatorsBuilding · listed 1983
About itNeligh Mill BridgeStructure · listed 1992
About itMaybury-McPherson HouseBuilding · listed 1996
About itKester Planing MillBuilding · listed 2014
About itDowntown Neligh Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2017
About itNeligh Carnegie LibraryBuilding · listed 2024
About itWhen to get out
September is the best month for walking in Neligh
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 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 81 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 63 | 47 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Neligh →
Questions about parks and trails in Neligh
Where can I hike in Neligh?
The longest trail networks: Riverside Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Neligh 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 Neligh’s trails?
Riverside Park and Fred Penn Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Neligh?
2.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Neligh?
384 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Neligh or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 61 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Neligh have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Neligh 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 →