Photo: Orygun · CC BY-SA 3.045% of Eagle Crest’s land is conserved: 4,416 acres
24 miles of mapped trail cross Eagle Crest, 1.6 per square mile of land. 14% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #94 of 142 in Oregon. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Eagle Crest?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Eagle Crest have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Eagle Crest is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #94 of 142 in Oregon. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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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4,416 conserved acres
45% of Eagle Crest’s land. Who manages Eagle Crest’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prineville Deschutes Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 4,017 | Open |
| Industrial/Commercial/Residential State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 400 | Open |
4 places to go in Eagle Crest
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail
43 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.
The best walking months in Eagle Crest: 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 46 | 52 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 85 | 85 | 76 | 63 | 49 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
July is the driest month (0.3 in) and the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 1.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Eagle Crest →
Questions about parks and trails in Eagle Crest
How much of Eagle Crest is conserved land?
45% 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.
Where can I bike in Eagle Crest?
43 miles of bike routes are on the map: 43 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Eagle Crest?
106,178 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Eagle Crest or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4,438 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Eagle Crest have?
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #94 of 142 in Oregon. 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 Eagle Crest 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 →