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Downtown Claremore OK 2026-05-24 13-01-02Photo: G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 4.0
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Claremore

13% of Claremore’s land is conserved: 1,279 acres

The biggest trail networks: Claremore Lake Park (0.9 mi). 372 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents. 77% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns · #26 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

Conserved land
13%
1,279 acres · of 15.0 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
372 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
77%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
7.4 mi
6.7 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
2 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Claremore?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Claremore have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Claremore is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #26 of 131 in Oklahoma. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Claremore’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 67%
LessMore
Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 81%

Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Claremore’s 13% is ahead of 78% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 46% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. 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

The longest trail network is Claremore Lake Park, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Claremore Lake Park

Park
46 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Will Rogers Park

Park
18 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Rogers State University Nature Reserve

Park
96 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Pecan Park

Park
85 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
Claremore Lake Park46 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Directions
Will Rogers Park18 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Rogers State University Nature Reserve96 acres
Directions
Pecan Park85 acres
Claremore Soccer Fields42 acres
Directions
Dogwood Park29 acres
Directions
Leaning Elms Park19 acres
Loshbaugh Kiddie Park1 acres
Directions
Gazebo Park1 acres
Directions
Who protects it

1,279 conserved acres

13% of Claremore’s land. Who manages Claremore’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board1,166 ac
Town or city143 ac
State Resource Management Area · 1,166 acLocal Recreation Area · 143 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board1,166Restricted
Pecan Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city71Open
Claremore Soccer Club
Local Recreation Area
Town or city44Open
Claremore Community Center
Local Recreation Area
Town or city28Open
Things to do

14 places to go in Claremore

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

Playgrounds in Claremore

11 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

7.4 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

6.7 mi
off-road bike paths
0.8 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
24Baseball
13Tennis
5Soccer
2Basketball
1Football
1Equestrian

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

History along the way

8 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Eastern University Preparatory SchoolBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Meyer, Maurice, BarracksBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Belvidere, TheBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Mendenhall's Bath HouseBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Rogers, Will, HotelBuilding · listed 1994
About it
Claremore Auto DealershipBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Downtown Claremore Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2016
About it
Will Rogers Memorial LibraryBuilding · listed 2023
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Claremore

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)9.910.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)485362727987929284736150
Rain (in)1.81.93.44.56.34.83.63.64.03.83.12.5

January is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Claremore →

Questions about parks and trails in Claremore

Where can I hike in Claremore?

The longest trail networks: Claremore Lake Park, 0.9 miles; Will Rogers Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Claremore is conserved land?

13% 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 Claremore’s trails?

Claremore Lake Park and Will Rogers Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Claremore?

7.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 6.7 of off-road paths and 0.8 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Claremore?

1,551 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Claremore or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 372 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Claremore have?

Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #26 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 Claremore 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 →