Sitka Wetlands
Nature preserve
23 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Bayside Gardens
6% of Bayside Gardens’ land is conserved: 37 acres
1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Bayside Gardens, 1.1 per square mile of land. 84% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
37 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
84%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Bayside Gardens?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bayside Gardens have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bayside Gardens is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bayside Gardens’ overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical OR town 4% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · OR 0.8 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land11 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · OR 7 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home84% of residents within a half mile of a park · OR 96% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 75%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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
The longest trail network is Sitka Wetlands, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Tohl Meadows
Nature preserve
9 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Elk Meadows Park
Park
6 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Nehalem Bay State Park
Managed by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
All 5 parks & preserves
Sitka Wetlands23 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Tohl Meadows9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Elk Meadows Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Nehalem Bay State Park4 acres · Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Alder Creek Farm4 acres
DirectionsWho protects it
37 conserved acres
6% of Bayside Gardens’ land. Who manages Bayside Gardens’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits34 ac
Town or city3 ac
Private Conservation · 34 acLocal Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehalem Bay Wetlands Conservation Project, Phase II Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 19 | Closed |
| North Nehalem Bay Wetlands Conservation Project Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 15 | Closed |
| Nehalem Bay State Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
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
1Tennis
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bayside Gardens: 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 52 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 54 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 14.0 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 14.8 |
July is the driest month (1.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 68 °F). 14.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Bayside Gardens →
Questions about parks and trails in Bayside Gardens
Where can I hike in Bayside Gardens?
The longest trail networks: Sitka Wetlands, 0.1 miles; Tohl Meadows, 0.1 miles; Elk Meadows Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bayside Gardens is conserved land?
6% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Bayside Gardens’ trails?
Sitka Wetlands and Tohl Meadows don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bayside Gardens?
47,151 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayside Gardens or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bayside Gardens have?
Ahead of 75% 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 Bayside Gardens 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 →