Penney, J. C., Historic District · Photo: Bernd00 · CC BY-SA 3.0Kemmerer has 8.1 miles of mapped trails, 1.0 for every square mile of land
86% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 22 acres are parks and preserves, 7.4 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Kemmerer’s land is conserved, about 120 acres.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Kemmerer?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Kemmerer have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kemmerer is ahead of 62% 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 Kemmerer’s 2% is ahead of 11% of Wyoming towns, while its trails per square mile lead 46% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
120 conserved acres
2% of Kemmerer’s land. Who manages Kemmerer’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Lincoln Cemetery Local Historic or Cultural Area | County | 99 | Open |
| Kemmerer Ball Fields Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Archie Neil Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Bridger National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1 | Open |
| Coulson Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
7 places to go in Kemmerer
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 lakes & rivers
0.6 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.
4 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Kemmerer: May to 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) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 29 | 32 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 70 | 56 | 41 | 30 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
July is the driest month (0.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 1.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Kemmerer →
Kemmerer and its neighbors
Kemmerer has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemmerer | 2% | 1.0 | 7 | 86% | B |
| Diamondville | — 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 Kemmerer
How much of Kemmerer is conserved land?
2% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Kemmerer’s trails?
Triangle Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Kemmerer?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Kemmerer?
173,843 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kemmerer or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,002 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Kemmerer have?
Ahead of 62% 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 Kemmerer 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 →