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Craig-AlaskaPhoto: U.S. Forest Service · Public domain
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Outdoors in Craig

Few parks or trails are on the map in Craig

1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Craig, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
21 acres · of 6.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Craig have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Craig is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Craig’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical AK town 15% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · AK 0.5 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · AK 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · AK 36% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 9%
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Alaska towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 15%; the U.S., 4%), so Craig’s 1% is ahead of 5% of Alaska towns, while its trails per square mile lead 32% of them.

Water is 30% of Craig’s area (3 of 10 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Craig. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. 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.

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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.

Tongass National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

21 conserved acres

1% of Craig’s land. Water is left out: Craig has 6.7 square miles of land and 2.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Craig’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service15 ac
Bureau of Land Management6 ac
National Forest · 15 acNational Public Lands · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tongass National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service15Open
Glennallen Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management6Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Craig

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

Playgrounds in Craig

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Sunnahae Mountain Trail1.5 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
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Craig: July and August

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)7.79.511.614.116.217.416.915.012.610.38.27.1
High (°F)394042475357606157504340
Rain (in)9.16.98.17.25.54.05.17.310.413.112.310.9

June is the driest month (4.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 61 °F). 13.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Craig →

Questions about parks and trails in Craig

How much of Craig is conserved land?

1% of its land, against a typical 15% for an Alaska town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Craig’s trails?

Tongass National Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Craig?

7,239 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Craig or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Craig have?

Ahead of 9% 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 Craig 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 →