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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Leon

Leon has 755 acres of parks, 491 for every 1,000 residents

18% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.8 miles of mapped trail cross Leon, 0.1 per square mile of land. 4% of Leon’s land is conserved, about 810 acres.

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
810 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
3.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
755 ac
491 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
18%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
5

What kind of outdoors town is Leon?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Leon have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Leon is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Leon’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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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

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
Who protects it

810 conserved acres

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

State natural resources761 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)48 ac
Private owners2 ac
State Recreation Area · 762 acConservation Easement · 48 acRecreation or Education Easement · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 48 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Willow Creek Fishery Area
State Recreation Area
Private owners308Open
Pine River System Fishery Area
State Recreation Area
State natural resources224Open
Rem-Little Silver Creek
State Recreation Area
State natural resources220Open
Rem-Pine River
State Recreation Area
State natural resources10Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Leon

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Campgrounds in Leon
Pearl Lake RV Resort
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail and 5 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Big Horn Court0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Alanson M. Kimball HouseDistrict · listed 1988
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Leon

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)9.210.411.813.414.715.515.214.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)253042566878828072584331
Rain (in)1.21.11.93.33.94.63.63.73.42.72.01.6

February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Leon →

Next door

Leon and its neighbors

Leon has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. 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
Leon4%0.149118%B−
Poy Sippi— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Warren— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Redgranite7%under 0.14196%B
Bloomfieldunder 1%under 0.1101%D
Mount Morris4%0.31,06034%B

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

Questions about parks and trails in Leon

How much of Leon 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.

Is there public land near Leon?

20,863 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Leon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 755 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Leon have?

Ahead of 48% 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 Leon 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 →