Photo: Chris Rand · CC BY-SA 4.0Green Bay has 89 acres of parks, 44 for every 1,000 residents
6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Green Bay, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Green Bay have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Green Bay is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Water is 28% of Green Bay’s area (9 of 31 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Bayshore County Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
78 conserved acres
1% of Green Bay’s land. Water is left out: Green Bay has 22.1 square miles of land and 8.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Green Bay’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore County Park Local Park | County | 78 | Open |
7 places to go in Green Bay
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 playground without a name on the map.
3 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Green Bay: May, August and September
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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 26 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 56 | 43 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
February is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Green Bay →
Green Bay and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Green Bay
Where can I hike in Green Bay?
The longest trail networks: Bayshore County Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Green Bay 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.
Are dogs allowed on Green Bay’s trails?
Bayshore County Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Green Bay?
1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Green Bay?
5,381 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Green Bay or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 89 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Green Bay have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Green Bay neighbors.
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 →