Clear Lake Village Park
Park
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Clear Lake
Clear Lake has 55 acres of parks, 58 for every 1,000 residents
91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Clear Lake, 0.4 per square mile of land. 3% of Clear Lake’s land is conserved, about 54 acres.
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
54 acres · of 2.6 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
55 ac
58 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
91%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Clear Lake?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Clear Lake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clear Lake is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, conserved land lowest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Clear Lake’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land58 acres of park per 1,000 residents (55 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home91% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 75%
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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.
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.
Who protects it
54 conserved acres
3% of Clear Lake’s land. Who manages Clear Lake’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners54 ac
Private Park · 54 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake Golf Club Private Park | Private owners | 54 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Clear Lake
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Clear Lake
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for 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.
Sawmill County TrailBike route
0.3 miCourts & fields
4Baseball
2Football
1Tracks
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Clear Lake
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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 22 | 28 | 40 | 55 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 70 | 56 | 40 | 27 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
January is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Clear Lake →
Next door
Clear Lake and its neighbors
Clear Lake has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake | 3% | 0.4 | 58 | 91% | A− |
| Black Brook | 3% | 0.2 | 121 | 14% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Clear Lake
How much of Clear Lake is conserved land?
3% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Clear Lake’s trails?
Clear Lake Village Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Clear Lake?
5,331 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clear Lake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 55 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Clear Lake have?
Ahead of 75% 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 Clear Lake 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 →