St. Stephen's Episcopal Church · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.016% of Chandler’s land is conserved: 976 acres
231 acres are parks and preserves, 80 per 1,000 residents. 86% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.0 miles of mapped trail cross Chandler, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 85% of U.S. towns · #4 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Chandler?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Chandler have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chandler is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns, #4 of 131 in Oklahoma. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, trail miles lowest.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Chandler’s 16% is ahead of 85% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 69% of them.
Water is 10% of Chandler’s area (1 of 11 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 14%.
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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976 conserved acres
16% of Chandler’s land. Water is left out: Chandler has 9.6 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Chandler’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 21 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLO Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 726 | Restricted |
| Bell Cow Lake Campground Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 317 | Open |
| Tighlman Park Local Park | Town or city | 48 | Open |
| Lagere Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 29 | Open |
| Rainbow Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Indian Spring Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Chandler
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.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
2 lakes & rivers
0.0 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.
19 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
7 more on the History page.
April is the best month for walking in Chandler
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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 88 | 94 | 93 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
January is the driest month (1.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Chandler →
Questions about parks and trails in Chandler
How much of Chandler is conserved land?
16% 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 Chandler?
286 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chandler or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 231 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Chandler have?
Ahead of 85% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #4 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 Chandler 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 →