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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Concord

Few parks or trails are on the map in Concord

7% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.6 miles of mapped trail cross Concord. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 6.1 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
850 acres · of 35.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.6 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
6.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
7%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Concord have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Concord is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Concord’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 20%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Concord. 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.

12
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.

Concord Park

Managed by Town of Concord
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Joy Park

Managed by Jefferson County
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

850 conserved acres

4% of Concord’s land. Who manages Concord’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County487 ac
State natural resources459 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)329 ac
State Conservation Area · 484 acState Recreation Area · 459 acConservation Easement · 329 acLocal Park · 3 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 329 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Extensive Wl Habitat - Public Hunting Ground
State Conservation Area
County347Restricted
Extensive Wl Habitat - Sd
State Recreation Area
State natural resources287Open
Scattered Wildlife - Sd
State Recreation Area
State natural resources138Open
Scattered Wildlife
State Conservation Area
County138Restricted
Rem-Golden Lake
State Recreation Area
State natural resources33Restricted
County Park
Local Park
County3Open
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.

Courts & fields
1Baseball

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

When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Concord

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)9.310.511.813.314.615.315.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)273243576979828073604533
Rain (in)1.61.52.03.74.14.94.14.03.42.82.21.8

February is the driest month (1.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Concord →

Next door

Concord and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Concord4%under 0.167%C−
Ixoniaunder 1%0.12936%C
Farmington3%under 0.14220%C
Sullivan14%0.11,15642%B+
Summitunder 1%0.21437%C
Oconomowoc1%0.61697%B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Concord

How much of Concord is conserved land?

4% 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 Concord’s trails?

Concord Park and Joy Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Concord?

19,773 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Concord or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Concord have?

Ahead of 20% 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 Concord 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 →