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Thomas Johnson HouseThomas Johnson House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
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Outdoors in Plainfield

Few parks or trails are on the map in Plainfield

3% of Plainfield’s land is conserved, about 8 acres. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Plainfield, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
8 acres · of 0.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

8 conserved acres

3% of Plainfield’s land. Who manages Plainfield’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits8 ac
Private Recreation or Education · 8 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Wills Creek Reservoir
Private Recreation or Education
Land trusts & nonprofits8Closed
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Thomas Johnson HouseBuilding · listed 1982
About it
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Plainfield

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)374151647381858377655341
Rain (in)2.92.43.34.04.14.74.13.73.22.92.83.0

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Plainfield →

Questions about parks and trails in Plainfield

Is there public land near Plainfield?

602 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Plainfield or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Plainfield 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 →