Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0West Baraboo has 60 acres of parks, 38 for every 1,000 residents
90% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is West Baraboo?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does West Baraboo have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, West Baraboo is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
7 conserved acres
1% of West Baraboo’s land. Who manages West Baraboo’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haskins Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Max J Hill Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
3 places to go in West Baraboo
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1.2 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.
September is the best month for walking in West Baraboo
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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 27 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 70 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 45 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
January is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 5.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in West Baraboo →
West Baraboo and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in West Baraboo
How much of West Baraboo is conserved land?
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 West Baraboo’s trails?
Village Forest Park and Haskins Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in West Baraboo?
1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of painted or protected lanes and 0.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near West Baraboo?
28,307 acres of parks and open public land lie inside West Baraboo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 60 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does West Baraboo have?
Ahead of 42% 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 West Baraboo 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 →