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Parker, Quanah, Star HouseParker, Quanah, Star House · Photo: Karen Reid · CC BY-SA 3.0
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Cache

27% of Cache’s land is conserved: 645 acres

87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 3.6 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns · #74 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

Conserved land
27%
645 acres · of 3.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
3.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
87%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Cache?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Cache have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cache is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns, #74 of 131 in Oklahoma. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cache’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 46%
LessMore
Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 44%

Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Cache’s 27% is ahead of 98% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cache. 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 range from C− to B+. 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.

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

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Cache City Park

Managed by City of Cache
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

645 conserved acres

27% of Cache’s land. Who manages Cache’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board634 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)344 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government81 ac
Town or city11 ac
State Resource Management Area · 634 acAgricultural Easement · 344 acRanch Easement · 81 acLocal Park · 11 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board634Restricted
Cache City Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Maloy Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Parker, Quanah, Star HouseBuilding · listed 1970
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Cache

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)10.110.911.913.014.014.514.313.412.311.210.39.8
High (°F)525665748291969586756353
Rain (in)1.11.42.33.14.43.92.62.92.92.91.91.6

January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cache →

Questions about parks and trails in Cache

How much of Cache is conserved land?

27% 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.

Are dogs allowed on Cache’s trails?

Cache City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Cache?

965 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cache or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Cache have?

Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #74 of 131 in Oklahoma. 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 Cache 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 →