First National Bank Building · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Stratford
90% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 24 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Stratford, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Stratford?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Stratford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Stratford is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Stratford’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 35% 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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2 places to go in Stratford
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Stratford
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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 88 | 93 | 93 | 85 | 74 | 63 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
January is the driest month (1.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Stratford →
Questions about parks and trails in Stratford
How much of Stratford is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Stratford?
50 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Stratford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Stratford have?
Ahead of 37% 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 Stratford 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 →