Saint Croix County Waterfowl Production Area
Nature preserve
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Hammond
Few parks or trails are on the map in Hammond
5% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.9 miles of mapped trail cross Hammond, 0.1 per square mile of land. 22 acres are parks and preserves, 8.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #351 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
207 acres · of 32.5 sq mi of land
Trails
3.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
22 ac
8.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
5%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hammond have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hammond is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #351 of 362 in Wisconsin. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hammond’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land8.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (22 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home5% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Wisconsin towns of 2,500+ (362)Ahead of 3%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Hammond. 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.
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
207 conserved acres
1% of Hammond’s land. Who manages Hammond’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners181 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service51 ac
Private Park · 181 acResource Management Area · 51 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheasant Hills Golf Course Private Park | Private owners | 115 | Open |
| Hammond Golf Course Private Park | Private owners | 67 | Open |
| St. Croix County Waterfowl Production Area Resource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 51 | Restricted |
Things to do
1 places to go in Hammond
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Hammond
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
4 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
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Hammond
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 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 22 | 27 | 40 | 55 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 57 | 40 | 27 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
February is the driest month (0.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 5.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Hammond →
Next door
Hammond and its neighbors
Hammond has the most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond | 1% | 0.1 | 8 | 5% | C− |
| Baldwin | 4% | 0.2 | 22 | 83% | B |
| Erin Prairie | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Warren | 7% | 0.1 | 547 | 23% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hammond
How much of Hammond 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 Hammond’s trails?
Saint Croix County Waterfowl Production Area and Hammond Town Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Hammond?
8,605 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hammond or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hammond have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #351 of 362 in Wisconsin. 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 Hammond 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 →