Ford Festival Park
Park
197 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Black Oak School · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Nekimi
Nekimi has 200 acres of parks, 187 for every 1,000 residents
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.9 miles of mapped trail cross Nekimi, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
29 acres · of 28.3 sq mi of land
Trails
2.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
200 ac
187 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
2%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Nekimi?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Nekimi have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Nekimi is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Nekimi’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land187 acres of park per 1,000 residents (200 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home2% 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 28%
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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
29 conserved acres
under 1% of Nekimi’s land. Who manages Nekimi’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)29 ac
Conservation Easement · 27 acOther Easement · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 29 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
11 places to go in Nekimi
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Nekimi
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Nekimi
Boelter's Campground
DirectionsCamp SchollerEAA
DirectionsCircle R Campground
DirectionsEAA Event Campground Gate Entrance
DirectionsRelleumdats Campground
DirectionsRotorcraft Parking/Camping
DirectionsSleepy Hollow Farm Campground
DirectionsSouth 40 CampingFee
Directions2 more campgrounds
Ultralight Camping
DirectionsVintage Camping
DirectionsTrails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Black Oak SchoolBuilding · listed 1987
About itWhen to get out
September is the best month for walking in Nekimi
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 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 26 | 30 | 41 | 55 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 58 | 43 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Nekimi →
Next door
Nekimi and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nekimi | under 1% | 0.1 | 187 | 2% | C |
| Oshkosh | 6% | 0.4 | 17 | 89% | B+ |
| Eldorado | 22% | 0.1 | 3,360 | 39% | B+ |
| Utica | 13% | 0.1 | 135 | 3% | B− |
| Black Wolf | under 1% | 0.1 | 5 | 11% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Nekimi
How much of Nekimi 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.
Are dogs allowed on Nekimi’s trails?
Ford Festival Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Nekimi?
9,863 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nekimi or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 200 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Nekimi have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Nekimi 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 →