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Fort GibsonFort Gibson · Photo: Fred Q. Casler, Photographer · Public domain
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Outdoors in Fort Gibson

Fort Gibson has 8.2 miles of mapped trails, 0.6 for every square mile of land

5% of Fort Gibson’s land is conserved, about 410 acres. 48 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents. 62% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns · #42 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

Conserved land
5%
410 acres · of 13.4 sq mi of land
Trails
8.2 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
48 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
62%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
3 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Fort Gibson?

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

History along the way11 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Fort Gibson have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Gibson is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns, #42 of 131 in Oklahoma. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.

B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fort Gibson’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical OK town 7% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · OK 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (48 acres) · OK 10 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home62% of residents within a half mile of a park · OK 62% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 61%
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Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 68%

Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Fort Gibson’s 5% is ahead of 38% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 85% of them.

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

Fort Gibson Splash Pad and Skate Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Who protects it

410 conserved acres

5% of Fort Gibson’s land. Who manages Fort Gibson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board365 ac
Town or city38 ac
Other state land6 ac
State Resource Management Area · 365 acLocal Recreation Area · 21 acLocal Park · 17 acState Historic or Cultural Area · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board365Restricted
Ft Gibson Youth Baseball Fields
Local Recreation Area
Town or city21Open
Clinkenbeard Park
Local Park
Town or city14Open
Fort Gibson Historic Site
State Historic or Cultural Area
Other state land6Open
Ft Gibson Splash Pad & Skate Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

7 places to go in Fort Gibson

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

Playgrounds in Fort Gibson

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

Trails & water

5 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 2.3 miUnpaved · 3.6 mi
Three Forks Trail2.3 mi
Jean-Pierre Chouteau Trail1.3 mi
Sunset Trail0.3 mi
Sidewinder Trail0.1 mi
Chouteau Alt Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Horseshoe LakeoxbowRoss Lakeoxbow
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
6Baseball
4Soccer
4Tracks
1Skate park
1Basketball
1Football

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

History along the way

11 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
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Fort GibsonNational Historic Landmark · District · listed 1966
About it
Seawell-Ross-Isom HouseBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Cherokee National CemeterySite · listed 1979
About it
Nash-Swindler HouseBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Dragoon Commandant's QuartersBuilding · listed 1980
About it
Commandant's QuartersBuilding · listed 1985
About it
Officer's QuartersBuilding · listed 1985
About it
Post Adjutant's OfficeBuilding · listed 1985
About it
Post Blacksmith ShopBuilding · listed 1985
About it
Administration Building-Post HospitalBuilding · listed 1985
About it
Fort Gibson National CemeterySite · listed 1999
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Fort Gibson

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)10.010.811.913.114.014.614.413.512.311.210.29.7
High (°F)505563728088939385746252
Rain (in)2.32.43.75.05.84.43.73.64.44.23.53.0

January is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Gibson →

Next door

Fort Gibson and its neighbors

Fort Gibson has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Muskogee17 miFort Gibson8.2 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Fort Gibson5%0.61262%B
Muskogee4%0.41765%B

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Fort Gibson

How much of Fort Gibson is conserved land?

5% 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 Fort Gibson’s trails?

Fort Gibson Splash Pad and Skate Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Fort Gibson?

5,331 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Gibson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 48 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Fort Gibson have?

Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #42 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 Fort Gibson 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 →