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Outdoors in Colbert

More than half of Colbert’s land is conserved: 59%

59% of Colbert’s land is conserved, about 503 acres. 89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 20 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
59%
503 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Colbert?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Colbert have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Colbert is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Colbert’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 64%
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Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Colbert’s 59% is ahead of 100% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Colbert. 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 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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Colbert City Park

Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

503 conserved acres

59% of Colbert’s land. Who manages Colbert’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board503 ac
State Resource Management Area · 503 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board503Restricted
Things to do

4 places to go in Colbert

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

Playgrounds in Colbert

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

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
5Baseball
2Basketball

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

History along the way

1 place 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 →
Colbert's Ferry SiteSite · listed 1972
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Colbert

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)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.39.9
High (°F)535866748189949487776455
Rain (in)2.42.63.63.75.54.32.82.63.74.23.13.2

January is the driest month (2.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Colbert →

Questions about parks and trails in Colbert

How much of Colbert is conserved land?

59% 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 Colbert’s trails?

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

Is there public land near Colbert?

2,374 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Colbert or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Colbert have?

Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Colbert neighbors.

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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 →