More than half of Prudhoe Bay’s land is conserved: 100%
100% of Prudhoe Bay’s land is conserved, about 284,782 acres. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Prudhoe Bay, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Prudhoe Bay?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Prudhoe Bay have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Prudhoe Bay is ahead of 23% 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 Prudhoe Bay’s 100% is ahead of 100% of Alaska towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% of them.
Water is 32% of Prudhoe Bay’s area (180 of 570 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 79%.
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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284,782 conserved acres
100% of Prudhoe Bay’s land. Water is left out: Prudhoe Bay has 390.4 square miles of land and 179.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Prudhoe Bay’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 4 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Patented State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 234,179 | Unknown |
| James Dalton Highway Corridor State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 46,210 | Restricted |
| State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 3,036 | Unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Municipal Purposes State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 1,297 | Unknown |
| State Tentatively Approved (tad) State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 61 | Unknown |
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The walking year in Prudhoe Bay
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) | 0.0 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 16.1 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 18.3 | 13.2 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| High (°F) | -8 | -8 | -7 | 10 | 29 | 46 | 55 | 50 | 39 | 24 | 8 | -3 |
| Rain (in) | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
February is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 55 °F). 1.4 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Prudhoe Bay →
Questions about parks and trails in Prudhoe Bay
How much of Prudhoe Bay is conserved land?
100% 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.
How much outdoors does Prudhoe Bay have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Prudhoe Bay 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 →