Photo: Cary Bass · CC BY-SA 2.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Harbor
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Harbor, 0.1 per square mile of land. 40% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Harbor have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harbor is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Water is 17% of Harbor’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
1 conserved acres
under 1% of Harbor’s land. Water is left out: Harbor has 1.9 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Harbor’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1 | Restricted |
6 places to go in Harbor
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 fishing spot without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 picnic area without a name on the map.
2.6 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 Harbor: 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 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 11.8 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 9.9 | 14.0 |
July is the driest month (0.3 in) and the warmest (highs of 67 °F). 14.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Harbor →
Questions about parks and trails in Harbor
How much of Harbor is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Harbor’s trails?
Kite Field doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Harbor?
2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Harbor?
38,677 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harbor or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Harbor have?
Ahead of 9% 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 Harbor 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 →