Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Hooker
18% of Hooker’s land is conserved, about 132 acres.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hooker?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hooker have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hooker is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Hooker’s 18% is ahead of 88% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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132 conserved acres
18% of Hooker’s land. Who manages Hooker’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLO Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 132 | Restricted |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Hooker: April and May
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 90 | 94 | 92 | 85 | 72 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 2.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hooker →
Questions about parks and trails in Hooker
How much of Hooker is conserved land?
18% 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.
Is there public land near Hooker?
7 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hooker or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hooker have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Hooker neighbors.
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 →