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Outdoors in Kettle Falls

97% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Kettle Falls

2% of Kettle Falls’ land is conserved, about 12 acres. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 7.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Kettle Falls, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
12 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
7.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
97%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Kettle Falls?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Parks close to home97% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Kettle Falls have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kettle Falls is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Kettle Falls’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical WA town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WA 0.8 · U.S. 0.4BPark land7.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · WA 11 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home97% of residents within a half mile of a park · WA 92% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 56%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Kettle Falls. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Happy Dell Park

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

12 conserved acres

2% of Kettle Falls’ land. Who manages Kettle Falls’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city6 ac
U.S. Forest Service6 ac
Local Park · 6 acNational Forest · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Happy Dell Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Colville National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service6Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Kettle Falls

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Public pools in Kettle Falls
City Pool & Splash Park
Directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
5Baseball
2Tennis
2Pickleball
1Skate park

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Meyers Falls Power Plant Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1995
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Kettle Falls: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)8.710.111.713.615.216.115.714.312.510.79.18.3
High (°F)334052627278888877604233
Rain (in)1.91.31.61.62.02.00.90.50.81.52.02.2

August is the driest month (0.5 in) and the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 2.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kettle Falls →

Questions about parks and trails in Kettle Falls

How much of Kettle Falls is conserved land?

2% 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 Kettle Falls’ trails?

Happy Dell Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Kettle Falls?

70,103 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kettle Falls or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Kettle Falls have?

Ahead of 56% 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 Kettle Falls neighbors.

Town Square →
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Sources

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 →