Few parks or trails are on the map in Ames Lake
7% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Ames Lake, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ames Lake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ames Lake is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Water is 7% of Ames Lake’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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
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1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Ames Lake: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 51 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 7.4 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 7.4 |
July is the driest month (1.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 8.0 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Ames Lake →
Ames Lake and its neighbors
Ames Lake has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ames Lake | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 7% | D |
| Union Hill-Novelty Hill | 2% | 1.8 | 12 | 77% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ames Lake
How much of Ames Lake is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Washington town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Ames Lake?
36,411 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ames Lake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ames Lake have?
Ahead of 6% 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 Ames Lake 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 →