Few parks or trails are on the map in Ranchettes
14% of Ranchettes’ land is conserved, about 4,462 acres. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.3 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Ranchettes.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Ranchettes?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Ranchettes have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ranchettes is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds 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 Ranchettes’ 14% is ahead of 67% of Wyoming towns, while its trails per square mile lead 4% 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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4,462 conserved acres
14% of Ranchettes’ land. Who manages Ranchettes’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Lands 1111118459 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 635 | Open |
| State Lands 1111120341 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 481 | Open |
| State Lands 1111120340 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 475 | Open |
| State Lands 1111123254 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 465 | Open |
| State Lands 1111130039 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 371 | Open |
| State Lands 1111120670 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 320 | Open |
| State Lands 1111118591 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 315 | Open |
| State Lands 1111123252 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 158 | Open |
| State Lands 1111123251 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 156 | Open |
| State Lands 1111122609 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 156 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
3 places to go in Ranchettes
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 dog park without a name on the map.
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.
The best walking months in Ranchettes: June 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 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 42 | 50 | 56 | 65 | 78 | 85 | 83 | 74 | 61 | 48 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 2.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Ranchettes →
Ranchettes and its neighbors
Ranchettes has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchettes | 14% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 16% | C− |
| Cheyenne | 6% | 0.8 | 25 | 95% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ranchettes
How much of Ranchettes 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 Ranchettes?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of painted or protected lanes and 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Ranchettes?
40,369 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ranchettes or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4,523 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ranchettes have?
Ahead of 22% 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 Ranchettes 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 →