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CrownpointakPhoto: Beeblebrox 06:17, 23 August 2009 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Crown Point

More than half of Crown Point’s land is conserved: 74%

74% of Crown Point’s land is conserved, about 1,714 acres. 9.6 miles of mapped trail cross Crown Point, 2.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
74%
1,714 acres · of 3.6 sq mi of land
Trails
9.6 mi
2.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

1,714 conserved acres

74% of Crown Point’s land. Who manages Crown Point’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources1,526 ac
U.S. Forest Service200 ac
State Other or Unknown · 1,526 acNational Forest · 200 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Patented
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources1,388Unknown
Chugach National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service200Open
State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources138Unknown
Things to do

1 places to go in Crown Point

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

Boat launches in Crown Point

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

Trails & water

6 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 7.1 miHorses · 1.0 miUnpaved · 7.9 mi
Moose Pass Trail3.3 mi
Ptarmigan Creek Trail1.9 mi
Falls Creek ORV Trail1.6 mi
Vagt Lake Trail1.3 mi
Crown Point ATV Trail0.8 mi
Ptarmigan Creek Cutoff Trail0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Crown Point: June to 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)6.69.011.614.517.219.018.215.712.79.97.35.8
High (°F)263035445461646254413228
Rain (in)3.63.52.12.11.72.22.54.07.06.45.15.4

May is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 64 °F). 7.0 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Crown Point →

Next door

Crown Point and its neighbors

Crown Point has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Crown Point— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Primrose— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Moose Pass— 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 Crown Point

Is there public land near Crown Point?

6,801 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Crown Point or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 122 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Crown Point neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →