Chilvers Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad Depot · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainC+Outdoors
Outdoors in Plainview
99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Plainview
12 acres are parks and preserves, 9.7 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Plainview, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
9.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Plainview?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Plainview have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Plainview is ahead of 43% 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 Plainview’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NE town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NE 0.3 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land9.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · NE 15 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home99% 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 43%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Plainview. 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 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.
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
3Basketball
3Baseball
1Football
1Soccer
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Plainview
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 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 71 | 81 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 62 | 47 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Plainview →
Questions about parks and trails in Plainview
How much of Plainview 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 Plainview’s trails?
Chilvers Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Plainview?
36 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Plainview or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Plainview have?
Ahead of 43% 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 Plainview 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 →