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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Fairfax

Few parks or trails are on the map in Fairfax

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Fairfax yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Behind most U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Fairfax?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Fairfax have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairfax is behind most U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.

D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fairfax’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Behind most
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Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Fairfax’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Fairfax. 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 still be D−. 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.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Things to do

1 places to go in Fairfax

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

Playgrounds in Fairfax

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
1Football
1Baseball

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 →
Chief Ne-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah Grave and StatueSite · listed 1979
About it
First National Bank and Masonic LodgeBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Osage Bank of FairfaxBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Lincoln Colored SchoolBuilding · listed 2003
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Fairfax

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)485362717988939284736150
Rain (in)1.31.52.74.25.44.83.93.63.43.42.01.7

January is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fairfax →

Questions about parks and trails in Fairfax

How much of Fairfax is conserved land?

under 1% 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.

How much outdoors does Fairfax have?

Behind most 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 Fairfax 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 →