Mound Park
Park
41 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Elk Mound
Elk Mound has 62 acres of parks, 57 for every 1,000 residents
86% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Elk Mound, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
62 ac
57 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
86%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,207 ft
Elk Mound
What kind of outdoors town is Elk Mound?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Elk Mound have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elk Mound is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Elk Mound’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land57 acres of park per 1,000 residents (62 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home86% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 45%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Elk Mound Community Park
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
2 places to go in Elk Mound
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Elk Mound
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Elk Mound
Elk Mound1,207 ft elevation · In Mound Park
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
4Baseball
2Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Elk Mound
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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 23 | 29 | 41 | 56 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 71 | 58 | 41 | 28 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Elk Mound →
Questions about parks and trails in Elk Mound
How much of Elk Mound is conserved land?
under 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.
Are dogs allowed on Elk Mound’s trails?
Mound Park and Elk Mound Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Elk Mound?
7,720 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elk Mound or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 62 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Elk Mound have?
Ahead of 45% 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 Elk Mound 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 →