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Dwight MissionDwight Mission · Photo: Jmbranum at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Dwight Mission

Few parks or trails are on the map in Dwight Mission

1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Dwight Mission, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 4.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
791 ft
Schoolhouse Mountain
Lakes & rivers
1
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
Who protects it

2 conserved acres

under 1% of Dwight Mission’s land. Who manages Dwight Mission’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board2 ac
State Resource Management Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board2Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Dwight Mission

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Dwight Mission
Schoolhouse Mountain791 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Ssllisaw Creek Site 5 Reservoirreservoir
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Dwight MissionBuilding · listed 1973
About it
Citizen's State BankBuilding · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Dwight Mission

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)10.010.811.913.014.014.514.313.512.311.210.29.8
High (°F)505563727987929285746252
Rain (in)2.82.63.95.05.84.83.93.74.54.33.93.5

February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dwight Mission →

Next door

Dwight Mission and its neighbors

Dwight Mission has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Pinhook Corner1.7 miDwight Mission1.2 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Dwight Mission— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Pinhook Corner— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Dwight Mission

Is there public land near Dwight Mission?

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

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Dwight Mission 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 →