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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Winlock

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Winlock

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 47 acres are parks and preserves, 22 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Winlock’s land is conserved, about 48 acres.

Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns · #134 of 285 in Washington. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
48 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
47 ac
22 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Winlock?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Winlock have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Winlock is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns, #134 of 285 in Washington. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Winlock’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 72%
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Washington towns of 2,500+ (285)Ahead of 53%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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.

1
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.

Winolequa Memorial Park

Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

48 conserved acres

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

Town or city57 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 45 acLocal Park · 12 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Loth176
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city45Open
Winolequa Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Winlock

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

Playgrounds in Winlock

4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
6Baseball
1Soccer
1Basketball
1Tracks
1Football

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Winlock: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.010.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)465054606771777873615145
Rain (in)7.05.05.43.92.51.60.50.81.94.37.68.0

July is the driest month (0.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 8.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Winlock →

Questions about parks and trails in Winlock

How much of Winlock 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 Winlock’s trails?

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

Is there public land near Winlock?

7,002 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Winlock or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 47 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Winlock have?

Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #134 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 Winlock 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 →