Oklahoma Territorial Plaza
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: OKJaguar · CC BY-SA 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Perkins
17% of Perkins’ land is conserved: 325 acres
4.9 miles of mapped trail cross Perkins, 1.7 per square mile of land. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 1.4 per 1,000 residents. 55% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns · #32 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
Conserved land
17%
325 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
4.9 mi
1.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
1.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
55%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Perkins?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Perkins have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Perkins is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns, #32 of 131 in Oklahoma. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Perkins’ overall grade.
Conserved land17% of the land · typical OK town 7% · U.S. 4%ATrails1.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · OK 0.2 · U.S. 0.4APark land1.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · OK 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home55% of residents within a half mile of a park · OK 62% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 65%
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Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 76%
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Perkins’ 17% is ahead of 87% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 100% 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
325 conserved acres
17% of Perkins’ land. Who manages Perkins’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State land board325 ac
State Resource Management Area · 325 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLO Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 325 | Restricted |
Things to do
4 places to go in Perkins
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Perkins
Splash padIn Oklahoma Territorial Plaza
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
1Equestrian
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Perkins
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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
January is the driest month (1.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 4.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Perkins →
Questions about parks and trails in Perkins
How much of Perkins is conserved land?
17% 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 Perkins’ trails?
Oklahoma Territorial Plaza doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Perkins?
1,144 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Perkins or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Perkins have?
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #32 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 Perkins 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 →