Photo: CosmicPenguin at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.518% of Basin’s land is conserved: 267 acres
3.4 miles of mapped trail cross Basin, 1.4 per square mile of land. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 6.9 per 1,000 residents. 73% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Basin?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Basin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Basin is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Wyoming towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Basin’s 18% is ahead of 79% of Wyoming towns, while its trails per square mile lead 61% of them.
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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267 conserved acres
18% of Basin’s land. Who manages Basin’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Cemetery and City Park Local Park | Town or city | 150 | Open |
| Worland Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 68 | Open |
| State Lands 1111127875 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 44 | Open |
| Basin City Park and Court House Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Basin City Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in Basin
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 named trail
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Basin: April to June 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) | 31 | 38 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 81 | 90 | 88 | 76 | 61 | 45 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
January is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 1.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Basin →
Questions about parks and trails in Basin
How much of Basin is conserved land?
18% of its land, against a typical 9% for a Wyoming town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Basin?
180,777 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Basin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 121 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Basin have?
Ahead of 78% 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 Basin 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 →