Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown · Public domain5% of Dillingham’s land is conserved: 1,093 acres
4.3 miles of mapped trail cross Dillingham, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Dillingham have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dillingham is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Alaska towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 15%; the U.S., 4%), so Dillingham’s 5% is ahead of 20% of Alaska towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% of them.
Water is 8% of Dillingham’s area (3 of 36 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 5%.
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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1,093 conserved acres
5% of Dillingham’s land. Water is left out: Dillingham has 33.2 square miles of land and 2.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Dillingham’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Tentatively Approved (tad) State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 968 | Unknown |
| Togiak National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 219 | Restricted |
| Dillingham Administrative Site National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 29 | Restricted |
5 places to go in Dillingham
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.
4 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
2.6 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Questions about parks and trails in Dillingham
How much of Dillingham is conserved land?
5% 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.
Where can I bike in Dillingham?
2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Dillingham?
9,549 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dillingham or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Dillingham have?
Ahead of 15% 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 Dillingham 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 →