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Outdoors in Sperry

Few parks or trails are on the map in Sperry

11% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Sperry, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Sperry’s land is conserved, about 16 acres.

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
16 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
11%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.3 mi
1.3 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Sperry have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sperry is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sperry’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical OK town 7% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · OK 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land0.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · OK 10 · U.S. 13DParks close to home11% of residents within a half mile of a park · OK 62% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Sperry’s 1% is ahead of 11% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Sperry. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. 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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Mack Taylor Park

Managed by Tulsa County
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

16 conserved acres

1% of Sperry’s land. Who manages Sperry’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board16 ac
State Resource Management Area · 16 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
CLO Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board16Restricted
Biking & sports

1.3 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
6Baseball
3Tennis
1Football

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

When to get out

The walking year in Sperry

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)9.910.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)485362727987939285736150
Rain (in)1.61.73.24.65.85.03.73.63.93.52.72.3

January is the driest month (1.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.8 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sperry →

Next door

Sperry and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Tulsa160 miSand Springs22 miSkiatook2.9 miSperry0.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sperry1%0.1under 111%D
Sand Springs1%1.11575%B
Skiatook3%0.22554%B−
Tulsa9%0.82285%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Sperry

How much of Sperry is conserved land?

1% 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 Sperry’s trails?

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

Where can I bike in Sperry?

1.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.3 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Sperry?

8,474 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sperry or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Sperry have?

Ahead of 12% 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 Sperry 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 →