Honey and Zippel Park
Park
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Doremo · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Gillett
99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Gillett
36 acres are parks and preserves, 30 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Gillett, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
30 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Gillett?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Gillett have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gillett is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Gillett’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land30 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home99% 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 59%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ 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
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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.
Orby Jones Sports Complex
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
1 conserved acres
under 1% of Gillett’s land. Who manages Gillett’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources1 ac
State Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolet State Trail State Park | State natural resources | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Citizens State Bank of GillettBuilding · listed 2008
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Gillett: May and August
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) | 25 | 29 | 40 | 54 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 42 | 30 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Gillett →
Questions about parks and trails in Gillett
How much of Gillett 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 Gillett’s trails?
Honey and Zippel Park and Orby Jones Sports Complex don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Gillett?
6,261 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gillett or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gillett have?
Ahead of 59% 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 Gillett 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 →