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Outdoors in Albion

Few parks or trails are on the map in Albion

137 acres are parks and preserves, 125 per 1,000 residents. 21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Albion’s land is conserved, about 390 acres.

Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
390 acres · of 45.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
137 ac
125 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
21%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3

What kind of outdoors town is Albion?

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

Room to roam125 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Albion have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Albion is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Albion’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land125 acres of park per 1,000 residents (137 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home21% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 29%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Albion. 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
Who protects it

390 conserved acres

1% of Albion’s land. Who manages Albion’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources304 ac
County86 ac
State Resource Management Area · 250 acLocal Conservation Area · 86 acState Recreation Area · 51 acConservation Easement · 2 acHistoric or Cultural Easement · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Black River State Forest
State Resource Management Area
State natural resources250Open
County Forest Land
Local Conservation Area
County86Open
Albion Rearing Station
State Recreation Area
State natural resources51Open
Trails & water

3 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
0.94 Reservoirreservoir1.18 ReservoirreservoirBlack River
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Spring Creek SchoolBuilding · listed 2024
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Albion

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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)242942566877817971584229
Rain (in)1.11.11.83.44.45.34.44.43.92.71.91.4

January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 5.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Albion →

Next door

Albion and its neighbors

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Manchester26 miBrockway24 miBlack River Falls4.1 miHixton1.5 miAdams1.5 miIrving0.5 miAlbion0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Albion1%under 0.112521%C
Brockway66%0.55,34887%A+
Manchester— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Irving— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Black River Falls3%1.04999%+A
Hixton— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Adams5%under 0.12321%C+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Albion

How much of Albion is conserved land?

1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Wisconsin town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Is there public land near Albion?

59,165 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Albion or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 390 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Albion have?

Ahead of 29% 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 Albion 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 →