Yacolt Burn State Forest
Managed by Washington State Department of Natural Resources
258 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Venersborg School · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Venersborg
Few parks or trails are on the map in Venersborg
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Venersborg. 19% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 37 acres are parks and preserves, 8.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #270 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
68 acres · of 10.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
37 ac
8.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
19%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
584 ft
Tukes Mountain
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Venersborg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Venersborg is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #270 of 285 in Washington. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Venersborg’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical WA town 4% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WA 0.8 · U.S. 0.4DPark land8.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (37 acres) · WA 11 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home19% of residents within a half mile of a park · WA 92% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 15%
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Washington towns of 2,500+ (285)Ahead of 5%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Venersborg. 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 D to C−. 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.
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.
Tukes Mountain Park
Managed by State
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
68 conserved acres
1% of Venersborg’s land. Who manages Venersborg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city34 ac
State natural resources20 ac
County7 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service7 ac
State parks1 ac
Local Park · 34 acUnknown Easement · 20 acLocal Other or Unknown · 7 acConservation Easement · 7 acState Recreation Area · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 27 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tukes Mountain Park Local Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Loth197 Local Other or Unknown | County | 7 | Unknown |
| Battle Ground Lake State Recreation Area | State parks | 1 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Venersborg
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Venersborg
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Venersborg
Tukes Mountain584 ft elevation
DirectionsGravel Point518 ft elevation
DirectionsBiking & 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
3Basketball
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Venersborg: April 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) | 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) | 46 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 63 | 52 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 9.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 9.9 |
July is the driest month (0.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 9.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Venersborg →
Next door
Venersborg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venersborg | 1% | under 0.1 | 9 | 19% | C− |
| Hockinson | 3% | 0.3 | 40 | 32% | B− |
| Battle Ground | 4% | 1.5 | 17 | 99%+ | A |
| Lewisville | 11% | 1.6 | 207 | 76% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Venersborg
How much of Venersborg 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 Venersborg’s trails?
Yacolt Burn State Forest and Tukes Mountain Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Venersborg?
48,648 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Venersborg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 287 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Venersborg have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #270 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 Venersborg neighbors.
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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 →