Illinois River Forks State Park
Nature preserve
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Peregrine Fisher · Public domainBOutdoors
Outdoors in Cave Junction
5% of Cave Junction’s land is conserved: 58 acres
1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Cave Junction, 0.7 per square mile of land. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 16 acres are parks and preserves, 9.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
58 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.3 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
9.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
74%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.4 mi lanes
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cave Junction have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cave Junction is ahead of 64% 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 Cave Junction’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical OR town 4% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · OR 0.8 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land9.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (16 acres) · OR 7 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home74% 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 64%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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.
Who protects it
58 conserved acres
5% of Cave Junction’s land. Who manages Cave Junction’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service20 ac
National Park Service4 ac
Bureau of Land Management3 ac
Town or city3 ac
Not recorded30 ac
Unknown Easement · 30 acNational Forest · 20 acNational Monument · 4 acNational Public Lands · 3 acLocal Park · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 30 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siskiyou National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 20 | Open |
| Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve National Monument | National Park Service | 4 | Open |
| Medford Grants Pass Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 3 | Open |
| Illinois River Forks State Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Cave Junction
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cave Junction
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Cascade Loop0.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
1.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Skate park
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Cave Junction: April to June and 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 54 | 59 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 83 | 70 | 55 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 10.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 12.1 |
July is the driest month (0.3 in) and the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 12.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cave Junction →
Next door
Cave Junction and its neighbors
Cave Junction has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Junction | 5% | 0.7 | 9 | 74% | B |
| Kerby | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Cave Junction
How much of Cave Junction is conserved land?
5% 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 Cave Junction’s trails?
Illinois River Forks State Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Cave Junction?
1.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of painted or protected lanes and 1.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Cave Junction?
69,729 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cave Junction or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cave Junction have?
Ahead of 64% 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 Cave Junction 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 →