Photo: Yurivict at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Gold Beach has 100 acres of parks, 41 for every 1,000 residents
4.6 miles of mapped trail cross Gold Beach, 1.7 per square mile of land. 87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6% of Gold Beach’s land is conserved, about 108 acres.
Ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Gold Beach?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Gold Beach have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gold Beach is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, conserved land lowest.
Water is 9% of Gold Beach’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 6%.
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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108 conserved acres
6% of Gold Beach’s land. Water is left out: Gold Beach has 2.7 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Gold Beach’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Ocean Wayside State Recreation Area | Town or city | 44 | Open |
| Oceanside Park Local Park | Town or city | 36 | Open |
| Buffington Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| South Beach Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Siskiyou National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 8 | Open |
| Gold Hill Skate Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
6 places to go in Gold Beach
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 playground without a name on the map.
3 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
2 places 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 Gold Beach: 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 57 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 13.6 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 8.0 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 15.6 |
July is the driest month (0.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 70 °F). 15.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Gold Beach →
Gold Beach and its neighbors
Gold Beach has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Beach | 6% | 1.7 | 41 | 87% | A |
| Wedderburn | — 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 Gold Beach
How much of Gold Beach 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.
Is there public land near Gold Beach?
46,626 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gold Beach or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 108 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gold Beach have?
Ahead of 89% 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 Gold Beach 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 →