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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Utica

Utica has 193 acres of parks, 135 for every 1,000 residents

13% of Utica’s land is conserved, about 2,928 acres. 3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Utica, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 51% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
13%
2,928 acres · of 35.5 sq mi of land
Trails
2.4 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
193 ac
135 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
3%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Utica?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam135 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild13% of the land is conserved; a typical Wisconsin town, 4%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Utica have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Utica is ahead of 51% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Utica’s overall grade.
Conserved land13% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land135 acres of park per 1,000 residents (193 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home3% 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 51%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. 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
Who protects it

2,928 conserved acres

13% of Utica’s land. Who manages Utica’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service3,659 ac
Private owners517 ac
State natural resources407 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)91 ac
County81 ac
Resource Management Area · 3,659 acState Conservation Area · 705 acState Recreation Area · 300 acConservation Easement · 91 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 90 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area Of Wi
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,936Restricted
Winnebago County Waterfowl Production Area
Resource Management Area
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,724Restricted
Glacial Habitat Restoration
State Conservation Area
Private owners624Restricted
Glacial Habitat Restoration - Lm
State Recreation Area
State natural resources300Open
Scattered Wildlife
State Conservation Area
County81Restricted
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Utica

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)9.210.411.813.414.715.515.214.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)263042556878817972594331
Rain (in)1.31.11.83.23.94.73.83.53.22.82.01.4

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 Utica →

Next door

Utica and its neighbors

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Nepeuskun9.0 miNekimi2.9 miUtica2.4 miRosendale1.9 miOmro0.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Utica13%0.11353%B−
Nekimiunder 1%0.11872%C
Nepeuskun— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Omro3%under 0.13527%C+
Rosendale— 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 Utica

How much of Utica is conserved land?

13% 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 Utica?

9,793 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Utica or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 193 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Utica have?

Ahead of 51% 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 Utica 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 →