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Big Creek baseball team, Big Creek Logging Company, Knappa, ca. 1918Photo: Clark Kinsey · Public domain
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Outdoors in Knappa

Few parks or trails are on the map in Knappa

2% of Knappa’s land is conserved, about 32 acres. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 21 per 1,000 residents. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Knappa, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
2%
32 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
21 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
19%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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.

Big Creek County Park

Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

32 conserved acres

2% of Knappa’s land. Who manages Knappa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits32 ac
Private Conservation · 32 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Blind Slough Swamp
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits32Closed
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
3Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Knappa: May to 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.010.311.813.514.915.815.414.112.510.89.48.6
High (°F)495154576266707168615348
Rain (in)12.78.79.56.84.12.91.01.43.48.012.913.2

July is the driest month (1.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 71 °F). 13.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Knappa →

Questions about parks and trails in Knappa

Are dogs allowed on Knappa’s trails?

Big Creek County Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Knappa?

45,369 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Knappa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Knappa 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 →