Photo: Orygun · CC BY-SA 4.0Keno has 136 acres of parks, 83 for every 1,000 residents
6.6 miles of mapped trail cross Keno, 0.7 per square mile of land. 36% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Keno’s land is conserved, about 203 acres.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Keno?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Keno have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Keno is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident 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
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203 conserved acres
3% of Keno’s land. Who manages Keno’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Development Fund (Board Of Forestry) State Resource Management Area | State land board | 203 | Open |
3 places to go in Keno
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
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.
The best walking months in Keno: 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 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 64 | 49 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
July is the driest month (0.3 in) and the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Keno →
Questions about parks and trails in Keno
How much of Keno is conserved land?
3% 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 Keno?
34,967 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Keno or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 341 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Keno have?
Ahead of 66% 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 Keno 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 →