Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Checotah
117 acres are parks and preserves, 38 per 1,000 residents. 83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Checotah, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns · #63 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Checotah?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Checotah have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Checotah is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #63 of 131 in Oklahoma. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Checotah’s 2% is ahead of 24% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 27% 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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120 conserved acres
2% of Checotah’s land. Who manages Checotah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checotah Sports Complex Local Recreation Area | Private owners | 113 | Open |
| CLO Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 4 | Restricted |
| Bessie Tabor Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Tracy Scroggins Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
4 places to go in Checotah
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 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.
7 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Checotah
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 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 88 | 93 | 93 | 85 | 75 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Checotah →
Questions about parks and trails in Checotah
How much of Checotah is conserved land?
2% 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 Checotah?
3,348 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Checotah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 117 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Checotah have?
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #63 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 Checotah 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 →