Trafton School · Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Arlington Heights
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Arlington Heights.
Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Arlington Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Arlington Heights is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
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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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 Arlington Heights: 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 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 50 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 9.2 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 10.6 | 8.6 |
July is the driest month (1.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 10.6 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Arlington Heights →
Questions about parks and trails in Arlington Heights
How much of Arlington Heights 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 Arlington Heights?
69,003 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Arlington Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Arlington Heights have?
Ahead of 4% 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 Arlington Heights 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 →