Story Centennial Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Fort Phil Kearny and Associated Sites · Photo: Gcoudert at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Story
15% of Story’s land is conserved: 700 acres
25% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 7.2 per 1,000 residents. 2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Story, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
15%
700 acres · of 7.1 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
7.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
25%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Story?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Story have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Story is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Story’s overall grade.
Conserved land15% of the land · typical WY town 9% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · WY 1.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land7.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · WY 21 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home25% 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 49%
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Wyoming towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Story’s 15% is ahead of 71% of Wyoming towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
700 conserved acres
15% of Story’s land. Who manages Story’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits1,036 ac
U.S. Forest Service165 ac
State land board53 ac
State parks1 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,036 acNational Forest · 165 acState Resource Management Area · 53 acState Park · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 481 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 9 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bighorn National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 165 | Open |
| State Lands 1111114285 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 53 | Open |
| Wagon Box State Park | State parks | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Story
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Story
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Waterfalls in Story
1 waterfall without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.6 mi
Story Penrose Trail0.3 mi
South Piney Creek Trail0.3 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Story: July 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 36 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 82 | 81 | 71 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
August is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Story →
Questions about parks and trails in Story
How much of Story is conserved land?
15% 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 Story’s trails?
Story Centennial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Story?
46,930 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Story or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 129 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Story have?
Ahead of 49% 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 Story 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 →