Salina City Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Salina
14% of Salina’s land is conserved: 517 acres
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.4 miles of mapped trail cross Salina, 0.6 per square mile of land. 14 acres are parks and preserves, 5.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns · #102 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
Conserved land
14%
517 acres · of 5.9 sq mi of land
Trails
3.4 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
14 ac
5.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
1%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.1 mi
1.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Salina?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Salina have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Salina is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #102 of 119 in Utah. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Salina’s overall grade.
Conserved land14% of the land · typical UT town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · UT 1.1 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land5.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (14 acres) · UT 7 · U.S. 13CParks close to home1% of residents within a half mile of a park · UT 91% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 44%
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Utah towns of 2,500+ (119)Ahead of 14%
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.
Who protects it
517 conserved acres
14% of Salina’s land. Who manages Salina’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management359 ac
State land board158 ac
National Public Lands · 359 acState Resource Management Area · 158 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 359 | Open |
| The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 2451 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 82 | Open |
| The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 2417 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 74 | Open |
| The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 2490 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 1 | Open |
| The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 2424 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 1 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Salina
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Salina
Salina Swimming Pool
DirectionsDog parks in Salina
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Salina
Butch Cassidy Campground
DirectionsBiking & sports
1.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
1Equestrian
1Football
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
The best walking months in Salina: April to June
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 84 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 66 | 52 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
June is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 1.3 inches fall in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Salina →
Questions about parks and trails in Salina
How much of Salina is conserved land?
14% of its land, against a typical 3% for an Utah town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Salina’s trails?
Salina City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Salina?
1.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Salina?
135,319 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Salina or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 374 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Salina have?
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #102 of 119 in Utah. 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 Salina 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 →