Stroud Trading Company Building · Photo: Melodibit · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Stroud
7% of Stroud’s land is conserved, about 511 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 2.6 per 1,000 residents. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Stroud, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #107 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Stroud?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Stroud have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Stroud is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #107 of 131 in Oklahoma. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Stroud’s 7% is ahead of 48% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 21% of them.
Water is 8% of Stroud’s area (1 of 13 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 6%.
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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511 conserved acres
7% of Stroud’s land. Water is left out: Stroud has 11.8 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Stroud’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 | 511 | Restricted |
10 places to go in Stroud
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.
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
3 picnic areas without a name on the map.
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.
14 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
2 more on the History page.
The walking year in Stroud
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 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 88 | 93 | 93 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
January is the driest month (1.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Stroud →
Questions about parks and trails in Stroud
How much of Stroud is conserved land?
7% 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 Stroud?
6 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Stroud or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Stroud have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #107 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 Stroud 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 →