Lake Park
Park
62 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
AOutdoors
Outdoors in Seymour
8% of Seymour’s land is conserved, and 96% of residents live within a half mile of a park
156 acres are parks and preserves, 44 per 1,000 residents. 8% of Seymour’s land is conserved, about 138 acres. 1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Seymour, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns · #71 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
138 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.4 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
156 ac
44 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Seymour?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Seymour have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Seymour is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns, #71 of 362 in Wisconsin. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, trail miles lowest.
A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Seymour’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land44 acres of park per 1,000 residents (156 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home96% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 86%
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Wisconsin towns of 2,500+ (362)Ahead of 81%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Rock Ledge Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Recknagel Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Behrendt Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
138 conserved acres
8% of Seymour’s land. Who manages Seymour’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city74 ac
County45 ac
State natural resources19 ac
Local Park · 74 acLocal Other or Unknown · 45 acState Park · 19 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park Local Park | Town or city | 47 | Open |
| Outagamie County Fairgrounds Local Other or Unknown | County | 45 | Open |
| Newton Blackmour State Trail State Park | State natural resources | 19 | Open |
| Rockledge Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Recknagel Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Behrendt Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.4 miHorses · 1.4 miUnpaved · 1.4 mi
Newton Blackmour State Trail1.4 mi
Duck Creek Trail0.1 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Newton Blackmour State TrailBike route
1.4 miCourts & fields
8Tennis
6Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Seymour
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 | 54 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 57 | 43 | 30 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Seymour →
Questions about parks and trails in Seymour
How much of Seymour is conserved land?
8% 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 Seymour’s trails?
Lake Park and Rock Ledge Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Seymour?
3,782 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Seymour or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 156 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Seymour have?
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #71 of 362 in Wisconsin. 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 Seymour 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 →