Photo: In-Correct at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.019% of Kingston’s land is conserved: 268 acres
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.9 per 1,000 residents. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Kingston, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Kingston?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Kingston have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kingston is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Kingston’s 19% is ahead of 89% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% 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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268 conserved acres
19% of Kingston’s land. Who manages Kingston’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 | 264 | Restricted |
| Lake Texoma State Resort Park State Park | State parks | 4 | Open |
2 places to go in Kingston
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
April is the best month for walking in Kingston
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 89 | 94 | 94 | 87 | 76 | 64 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
January is the driest month (2.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kingston →
Questions about parks and trails in Kingston
How much of Kingston is conserved land?
19% 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 Kingston’s trails?
City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Kingston?
2,240 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kingston or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Kingston have?
Ahead of 42% 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 Kingston 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 →