These are the parks thicket knows about in Howard — the big ones you already know, and the pocket parks, greenways and trailheads two streets over that you probably do not.
- Balk Park
- Beadle Park
- Bigalk Trout Stream Wildlife Area
- Bonair Shooting Range
- Bouska Area
- Carroll Access Area
- City Park
- City Park
- Cleghorn Wildlife Area
- Cowan Wildlife Area
- Crane Creek Wildlife Area
- Crossman Prairie
- Dieken Wildlife Area
- East Park
- Elma Wildlife Area
- Evan-Hughes Forest Wildlife Management Area
- Evans Park
- Florenceville Park
- Freedom Rock Park
- Hart Pond Wildlife Area
- Hayden Prairie State Preserve
- Joachim Woods Wildlife Area
- Kessel Park
- Kleckner Wildlife Area
- Lake Hendricks Park
- Lidtke County Park
- Lubbert Park
- Lylah's Marsh County Park
- Martinek Wildlife Area
- McBride Park
- Merricks Pond Access Wildlife Area
- Mitz Pit Wildlife Area
- Mullen Wildlife Area
- Murray Wildlife Area
- Reis Wildlife Area
- Roman Wildlife Area
- Souhrada Forest Wildlife Area
- Souhrada Wildlife Area
- Stephen Wildlife Area
- Taylor Pond Park
- Thomson Marsh Wildlife Management Area
- Turkey Bend Wildlife Area
- Turkey River Access
- Upper Iowa River Access
- Vernon Springs County Park
- Wittenbreer Marsh