Saturno-Breen Truck Garden · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0College Place has 20 acres of parks, 2.0 for every 1,000 residents
91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross College Place, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #250 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is College Place?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does College Place have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, College Place is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #250 of 285 in Washington. The share of residents near a park 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.
Veterans Park
Historic Poor Farm Cemetery
17 conserved acres
1% of College Place’s land. Who manages College Place’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwanis Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Lions Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
6 places to go in College Place
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
4.0 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in College Place: 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 91 | 90 | 80 | 65 | 51 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
July is the driest month (0.3 in) and the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 1.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in College Place →
College Place and its neighbors
College Place 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Place | 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 91% | C |
| Walla Walla | 5% | 0.5 | 14 | 86% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in College Place
How much of College Place is conserved land?
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.
Are dogs allowed on College Place’s trails?
Lions City Park and Kiwanis Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in College Place?
4.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.6 of painted or protected lanes and 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near College Place?
1,887 acres of parks and open public land lie inside College Place or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 99 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does College Place have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #250 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 College Place 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 →