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Outdoors in Maple Valley

Few parks or trails are on the map in Maple Valley

90 acres are parks and preserves, 166 per 1,000 residents. 5.3 miles of mapped trail cross Maple Valley, 0.2 per square mile of land. 11% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
155 acres · of 35.2 sq mi of land
Trails
5.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
90 ac
166 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
11%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
5
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
Who protects it

155 conserved acres

1% of Maple Valley’s land. Who manages Maple Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service66 ac
County46 ac
State natural resources41 ac
Bureau of Land Management2 ac
Conservation Easement · 66 acLocal Conservation Area · 46 acState Park · 41 acNational Public Lands · 2 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 66 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Oconto County Forest
Local Conservation Area
County46Open
Nicolet State Trail
State Park
State natural resources41Open
Northeastern States District Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management2Open
Trails & water

1 named trail and 5 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.4 miUnpaved · 3.4 mi
Nicolet State Trail3.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Benz LakelakeBrooks LakelakeCooley LakelakeDaly CreekPeshtigo Brook
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Maple Valley

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)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.58.8
High (°F)252940546776807870574230
Rain (in)1.41.11.83.03.54.43.83.43.63.02.11.7

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 Maple Valley →

Next door

Maple Valley and its neighbors

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Bagley31 miGillett7.1 miMaple Valley5.3 miHow3.7 miSuring1.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Maple Valley— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Suring— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
How— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Bagley— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Gillett— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Maple Valley

Is there public land near Maple Valley?

46,123 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maple Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 92 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Maple Valley 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 →