Jim Thorpe Park
Park
32 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: TulGuy · CC BY 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Yale
Few parks or trails are on the map in Yale
34 acres are parks and preserves, 34 per 1,000 residents. 31% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Yale, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
34 ac
34 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
31%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Yale have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Yale is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Yale’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical OK town 7% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · OK 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land34 acres of park per 1,000 residents (34 acres) · OK 10 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home31% 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 34%
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Oklahoma towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Yale’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Oklahoma towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Yale. 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 C− to B−. 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.
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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Yale
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) | 49 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 87 | 93 | 92 | 84 | 73 | 61 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
January is the driest month (1.5 in) and July 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 Yale →
Questions about parks and trails in Yale
How much of Yale 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.
Are dogs allowed on Yale’s trails?
Jim Thorpe Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Yale?
135 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Yale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Yale have?
Ahead of 34% 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 Yale 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 →