Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park · Photo: Photo by and ©2004 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5Few parks or trails are on the map in Bushyhead
37% of Bushyhead’s land is conserved, about 3,485 acres. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Bushyhead.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bushyhead?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Bushyhead have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bushyhead is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Bushyhead’s 37% is ahead of 100% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% of them.
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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3,485 conserved acres
37% of Bushyhead’s land. Who manages Bushyhead’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLO Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 3,485 | Restricted |
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The walking year in Bushyhead
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 86 | 92 | 91 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
January is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bushyhead →
Questions about parks and trails in Bushyhead
How much of Bushyhead is conserved land?
37% 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 Bushyhead?
931 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bushyhead or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bushyhead have?
Ahead of 20% 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 Bushyhead 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 →