New Denmark has 281 acres of parks, 190 for every 1,000 residents
21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5.1 miles of mapped trail cross New Denmark, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is New Denmark?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does New Denmark have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Denmark is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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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11 conserved acres
under 1% of New Denmark’s land. Who manages New Denmark’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils River State Trail State Park | State natural resources | 11 | Open |
1 places to go in New Denmark
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in New Denmark: August and September
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 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 25 | 29 | 40 | 53 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 57 | 43 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
February is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in New Denmark →
New Denmark and its neighbors
New Denmark has the second most mapped trails of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Denmark | under 1% | 0.1 | 190 | 21% | C |
| Franklin | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Glenmore | under 1% | under 0.1 | 7 | 5% | D |
| Cooperstown | 1% | 0.2 | 96 | 19% | C+ |
| Eaton | under 1% | 0.1 | 80 | 21% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in New Denmark
How much of New Denmark 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 New Denmark?
5,447 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Denmark or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 281 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does New Denmark have?
Ahead of 31% 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 New Denmark 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 →