Cape Arago Lighthouse · Photo: Paul Powers · Public domainBarview has 17 acres of parks, 9.9 for every 1,000 residents
1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Barview, 0.8 per square mile of land. 77% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Barview’s land is conserved, about 16 acres.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Barview?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Barview have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Barview is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 23% of Barview’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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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16 conserved acres
2% of Barview’s land. Water is left out: Barview has 1.4 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Barview’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barview Wayside Park State Park | Other state land | 14 | Open |
| Baca Park Local Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in Barview
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Barview: May to September
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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 9.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 11.1 |
July is the driest month (0.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 67 °F). 11.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Barview →
Questions about parks and trails in Barview
How much of Barview is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 4% for an Oregon town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Barview?
11,657 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Barview or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Barview have?
Ahead of 57% 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 Barview 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 →