Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Glide has 10 miles of mapped trails, 1.0 for every square mile of land
9% of Glide’s land is conserved, about 576 acres. 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 24 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Glide?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Glide have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Glide is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lone Rock Wayside
Colliding Rivers County Park
All 5 parks & preserves
576 conserved acres
9% of Glide’s land. Who manages Glide’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseburg District Swiftwater Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 572 | Open |
| Umpqua National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 4 | Open |
2 places to go in Glide
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 scenic view without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
0.0 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Glide: April 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) | 48 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 76 | 85 | 86 | 79 | 66 | 53 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 6.6 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 8.5 |
July is the driest month (0.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 8.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Glide →
Questions about parks and trails in Glide
How much of Glide is conserved land?
9% 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 Glide’s trails?
Colliding Rivers Park and Lone Rock Wayside don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Glide?
78,205 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glide or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 598 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Glide have?
Ahead of 62% 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 Glide 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 →