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Commerce Block commercial building in Glenrock, WY USAPhoto: Andrew Farkas · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Glenrock

14% of Glenrock’s land is conserved: 214 acres

2.8 miles of mapped trail cross Glenrock, 1.1 per square mile of land. 20 acres are parks and preserves, 6.7 per 1,000 residents. 43% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
14%
214 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.8 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
6.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
43%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Glenrock?

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

Land that stays wild14% of the land is conserved; a typical Wyoming town, 9%.A trail town1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 83% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Glenrock have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Glenrock is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Glenrock’s overall grade.
Conserved land14% of the land · typical WY town 9% · U.S. 4%A−Trails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · WY 1.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land6.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (20 acres) · WY 21 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home43% of residents within a half mile of a park · WY 91% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 65%
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Wyoming towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Glenrock’s 14% is ahead of 61% of Wyoming towns, while its trails per square mile lead 50% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− 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
Who protects it

214 conserved acres

14% of Glenrock’s land. Who manages Glenrock’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board194 ac
Town or city21 ac
State Resource Management Area · 194 acLocal Park · 21 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Lands 1111124768
State Resource Management Area
State land board194Open
Glenrock Park
Local Park
Town or city21Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Glenrock

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

Playgrounds in Glenrock

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

0.9 miles of bike routes

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

0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Tennis
2Baseball
1Football

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Hotel HigginsBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Commerce BlockBuilding · listed 2005
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Glenrock: May, June, August 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.0
High (°F)383950576779888676614737
Rain (in)0.40.50.81.62.41.41.00.81.01.10.50.5

January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 2.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Glenrock →

Questions about parks and trails in Glenrock

How much of Glenrock is conserved land?

14% 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.

Where can I bike in Glenrock?

0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Glenrock?

63,089 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glenrock or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 216 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Glenrock have?

Ahead of 65% 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 Glenrock 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 →