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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Park Hill

21% of Park Hill’s land is conserved: 3,373 acres

9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.5 miles of mapped trail cross Park Hill, 0.1 per square mile of land. 37 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns · #81 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

Conserved land
21%
3,373 acres · of 24.8 sq mi of land
Trails
3.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
37 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
9%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,017 ft
Park Hill Mountain
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Park Hill?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Park Hill have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Park Hill is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #81 of 131 in Oklahoma. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Park Hill’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 44%
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Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 38%

Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Park Hill’s 21% is ahead of 92% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 42% 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 Murrell Home Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Murrell Home Park

Park
7 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

3,373 conserved acres

21% of Park Hill’s land. Who manages Park Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board3,336 ac
Other state land36 ac
State Resource Management Area · 3,336 acState Historic or Cultural Area · 36 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board3,336Restricted
Murrel Home Park
State Historic or Cultural Area
Other state land36Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Park Hill

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

Peaks in Park Hill
Park Hill Mountain1,017 ft elevation
Directions
Bald Hill948 ft elevation
Directions
King Mountain932 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
2Football
1Basketball

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

History along the way

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

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

History →
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Murrell HomeNational Historic Landmark · Building · listed 1970
About it
First Cherokee Female Seminary SiteSite · listed 1974
About it
Ross CemeteryDistrict · listed 2002
About it
Park Hill Mission CemeterySite · listed 2006
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Park Hill

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)10.010.811.913.114.014.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)495462717987929284736151
Rain (in)2.62.53.95.16.04.74.03.74.24.43.93.1

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Park Hill →

Next door

Park Hill and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Park Hill21%0.1129%C+
Welling— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Tahlequah11%0.6355%B−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Park Hill

Where can I hike in Park Hill?

The longest trail networks: Murrell Home Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Park Hill is conserved land?

21% 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 Park Hill’s trails?

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

Is there public land near Park Hill?

293 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Park Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 37 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Park Hill have?

Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #81 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 Park Hill 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 →