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McLain Rogers ParkMcLain Rogers Park · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Clinton

12% of Clinton’s land is conserved: 752 acres

The biggest trail networks: Klump Park (1.5 mi). 90% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 237 acres are parks and preserves, 28 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 77% of U.S. towns · #11 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

Conserved land
12%
752 acres · of 9.9 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
237 ac
28 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
90%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Clinton?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Clinton have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clinton is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns, #11 of 131 in Oklahoma. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Clinton’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 77%
LessMore
Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 92%

Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Clinton’s 12% is ahead of 75% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 59% 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 Klump Park, with 1.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Klump Park

Park
19 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Acme Brick Park

Park
139 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Lions Park

Park
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

McLain Rogers Park

Park
16 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
Klump Park19 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Directions
Acme Brick Park139 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
McLain Rogers Park16 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Lions Park34 acres
Nance Park11 acres
Who protects it

752 conserved acres

12% of Clinton’s land. Who manages Clinton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board539 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government122 ac
Town or city88 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits3 ac
State Resource Management Area · 539 acLocal Park · 214 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board539Restricted
Acme Brick Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government122Open
Lions Park
Local Park
Land trusts & nonprofits36Open
Klump Park
Local Park
Town or city21Open
Mclain Rogers Park
Local Park
Town or city16Open
Nance Park
Local Park
Town or city13Open
Baker Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Clinton

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

Playgrounds in Clinton

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
12Tennis
11Baseball
4Soccer
2Football

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

History along the way

4 places on the National Register

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

History →
Crawford HouseBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Clinton ArmoryBuilding · listed 1994
About it
Y Service Station and CafeBuilding · listed 2004
About it
McLain Rogers ParkDistrict · listed 2004
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Clinton

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)10.010.811.913.014.014.514.313.512.311.210.29.8
High (°F)505464728191969486746151
Rain (in)0.91.02.12.94.13.72.63.32.72.71.51.3

January is the driest month (0.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Clinton →

Questions about parks and trails in Clinton

Where can I hike in Clinton?

The longest trail networks: Klump Park, 1.5 miles; Acme Brick Park, 0.4 miles; McLain Rogers Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Clinton is conserved land?

12% 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 Clinton’s trails?

Klump Park and Acme Brick Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Clinton?

1,599 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clinton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 237 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Clinton have?

Ahead of 77% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #11 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 Clinton 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 →