Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Ritzville
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 6 acres are parks and preserves, 3.3 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Ritzville, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Ritzville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Ritzville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ritzville is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls 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 Memorial Children's Park
2 places to go in Ritzville
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.
1 dog park without a name on the map.
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.
6 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 22 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Ritzville: April to June, August 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) | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 87 | 86 | 76 | 61 | 45 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
August is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 1.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ritzville →
Questions about parks and trails in Ritzville
How much of Ritzville 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.
Are dogs allowed on Ritzville’s trails?
City of Ritzville Park and Veterans Memorial Children's Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ritzville?
7,034 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ritzville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ritzville have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Ritzville 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 →