Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Manawa
3 acres are parks and preserves, 2.1 per 1,000 residents. 83% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Manawa?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Manawa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Manawa is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Water is 8% of Manawa’s area (0 of 2 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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The walking year in Manawa
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) | 25 | 29 | 41 | 55 | 68 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 58 | 43 | 30 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
February is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Manawa →
Questions about parks and trails in Manawa
How much of Manawa 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.
Is there public land near Manawa?
3,167 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Manawa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Manawa have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Manawa 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 →