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Outdoors in Westby

Few parks or trails are on the map in Westby

0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Westby, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.0 mi
2.2 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Westby have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Westby is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Westby’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 5%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Westby. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. 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
Things to do

1 places to go in Westby

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Public pools in Westby
Westby Municipal Swimming Pool
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Appleby Trail0.4 mi
Biking & sports

3.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

2.2 mi
off-road bike paths
0.8 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
5Baseball
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The walking year in Westby

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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)242942566777807871584229
Rain (in)1.21.12.03.84.75.54.64.23.92.72.11.4

February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 5.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Westby →

Next door

Westby and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Westbyunder 1%0.1under 1under 1%D
Christiana— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Viroqua1%under 0.17612%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Westby

How much of Westby 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.

Where can I bike in Westby?

3.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.2 of off-road paths and 0.8 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Westby?

2,936 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Westby or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Westby have?

Ahead of 5% 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 Westby 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 →