Cartmill Farm House · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Piedmont
4 acres are parks and preserves, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 18% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.7 miles of mapped trail cross Piedmont, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #119 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
How much outdoors does Piedmont have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Piedmont is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #119 of 131 in Oklahoma. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Piedmont’s 2% is ahead of 25% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 30% 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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648 conserved acres
2% of Piedmont’s land. Who manages Piedmont’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 | 648 | Restricted |
5 places to go in Piedmont
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail and 4 lakes & rivers
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 Piedmont
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 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 85 | 74 | 61 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
January is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Piedmont →
Piedmont and its neighbors
Piedmont has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | 2% | 0.1 | under 1 | 18% | D |
| Oklahoma City | 10% | 0.3 | 24 | 66% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Piedmont
How much of Piedmont is conserved land?
2% 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 Piedmont?
5,150 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Piedmont or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Piedmont have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #119 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 Piedmont 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 →