Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 4.029% of Wellington’s land is conserved: 951 acres
14 acres are parks and preserves, 8.6 per 1,000 residents. 1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Wellington, 0.4 per square mile of land. 57% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Wellington?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Wellington have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wellington is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Wellington Park And Playground
951 conserved acres
29% of Wellington’s land. Who manages Wellington’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 637 | Open |
| The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 3280 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 314 | Open |
2 places to go in Wellington
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Wellington: April and May
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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 74 | 86 | 92 | 89 | 81 | 66 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
June is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 1.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wellington →
Questions about parks and trails in Wellington
Where can I hike in Wellington?
The longest trail networks: Wellington Park And Playground, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Wellington is conserved land?
29% 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 Wellington’s trails?
Knight Ideal Park and Wellington Park And Playground don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Wellington?
182,440 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wellington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 654 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Wellington have?
Ahead of 64% 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 Wellington neighbors.
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 →