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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Buffalo

Few parks or trails are on the map in Buffalo

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Buffalo yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Behind most U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Buffalo?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Buffalo have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Buffalo is behind most U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Buffalo’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Behind most
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Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Buffalo’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Buffalo. 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 still be D−. 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.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Things to do

1 places to go in Buffalo

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

Playgrounds in Buffalo

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

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
2Tennis
1Football

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

History along the way

6 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
I.O.O.F. Building of BuffaloBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Monhollow Artificial Stone HouseBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Farmers' Co-op ElevatorStructure · listed 1983
About it
Feuquay ElevatorStructure · listed 1983
About it
Harper County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Buffalo City Park PavilionStructure · listed 1988
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Buffalo

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)9.910.811.913.114.114.714.413.612.411.210.19.6
High (°F)495362728190959385736049
Rain (in)0.70.81.52.02.93.52.63.01.62.10.91.0

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Buffalo →

Questions about parks and trails in Buffalo

How much of Buffalo is conserved land?

under 1% of its land, against a typical 7% for an Oklahoma town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Is there public land near Buffalo?

4 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Buffalo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Buffalo have?

Behind most 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 Buffalo 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 →