Few parks or trails are on the map in Cascade Valley
41% of Cascade Valley’s land is conserved, about 986 acres. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Cascade Valley, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns · #235 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Cascade Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Cascade Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cascade Valley is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns, #235 of 285 in Washington. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Water is 31% of Cascade Valley’s area (2 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 29%.
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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986 conserved acres
41% of Cascade Valley’s land. Water is left out: Cascade Valley has 3.7 square miles of land and 1.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Cascade Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Lake Resource Management Area | Bureau of Reclamation | 986 | Open |
2 places to go in Cascade Valley
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.
The best walking months in Cascade Valley: April to June and 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 80 | 90 | 88 | 79 | 63 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
August is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 1.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cascade Valley →
Cascade Valley and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Valley | 41% | 0.1 | under 1 | 30% | C+ |
| Moses Lake | 20% | 0.8 | 27 | 96% | A |
| Moses Lake North | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 80% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Cascade Valley
How much of Cascade Valley is conserved land?
41% 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 Cascade Valley?
58,878 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cascade Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,011 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cascade Valley have?
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #235 of 285 in Washington. 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 Cascade Valley 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 →