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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Grove

20% of Grove’s land is conserved: 1,222 acres

The biggest trail networks: Grove Springs Park (0.5 mi), Rotary Centennial Park (0.5 mi). 6.2 miles of mapped trail cross Grove, 0.7 per square mile of land. 133 acres are parks and preserves, 19 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns · #14 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

Conserved land
20%
1,222 acres · of 9.5 sq mi of land
Trails
6.2 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
133 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
50%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 0.5 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Grove?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Grove have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Grove is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #14 of 131 in Oklahoma. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Grove’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 74%
LessMore
Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 90%

Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Grove’s 20% is ahead of 90% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 88% 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 Grove Springs Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Grove Springs Park

Park
38 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Rotary Centennial Park

Park
37 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Wolf Creek Park

Park
28 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 6 parks & preserves
Grove Springs Park38 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Directions
Rotary Centennial Park37 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Directions
Wolf Creek Park28 acres
Honey Creek State Park25 acres
Directions
Walmart Picnic Area1 acres
Rotary Veterans Park1 acres
Who protects it

1,222 conserved acres

20% of Grove’s land. Who manages Grove’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board1,124 ac
Town or city71 ac
State parks27 ac
State Resource Management Area · 1,124 acLocal Park · 71 acState Park · 27 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board1,124Restricted
Grove Sports & Recation Complex
Local Park
Town or city38Open
Honey Creek State Park
State Park
State parks27Open
Grove Springs Park
Local Park
Town or city25Open
Wolf Creek Park
Local Park
Town or city8Open
Things to do

18 places to go in Grove

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

Public pools in Grove
Grove Public PoolIn Rotary Centennial Park
Directions
Biking & sports

0.8 miles of bike routes

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

0.3 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
10Baseball
7Soccer
4Tennis
3Basketball
2Football

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).

History →
Corey House/HotelBuilding · listed 1982
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Grove

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)475362717887929183726050
Rain (in)2.22.23.64.86.44.83.83.84.44.13.62.6

February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Grove →

Questions about parks and trails in Grove

Where can I hike in Grove?

The longest trail networks: Grove Springs Park, 0.5 miles; Rotary Centennial Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Grove is conserved land?

20% 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 Grove’s trails?

Grove Springs Park and Rotary Centennial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Grove?

0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of painted or protected lanes and 0.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Grove?

301 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grove or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 133 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Grove have?

Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #14 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 Grove 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 →