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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Hennessey

Hennessey has 16 acres of parks, 6.2 for every 1,000 residents

91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Bullfoot Park (0.5 mi). 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Hennessey, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 3.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
6.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
91%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Hennessey?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Hennessey have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hennessey is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hennessey’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 36%
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Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Hennessey’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% of them.

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

The longest trail network is Bullfoot Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Bullfoot Park

Park
15 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do

7 places to go in Hennessey

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

Playgrounds in Hennessey

7 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
6Baseball
2Beach volleyball
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Football

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Farmers and Merchants National BankBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Farmers Co-op ElevatorStructure · listed 2000
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Hennessey

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)10.010.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)485362728090959486746050
Rain (in)1.11.42.53.55.04.53.23.42.73.11.81.6

January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hennessey →

Questions about parks and trails in Hennessey

Where can I hike in Hennessey?

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

How much of Hennessey 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.

Are dogs allowed on Hennessey’s trails?

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

Is there public land near Hennessey?

21 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hennessey or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Hennessey have?

Ahead of 36% 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 Hennessey 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 →