Photo: Lbfergus · CC BY-SA 4.097% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Metolius
2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Metolius?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Metolius have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Metolius is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles 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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2 conserved acres
1% of Metolius’ land. Who manages Metolius’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Metolius
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 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Metolius: April to June and 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 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 87 | 86 | 78 | 64 | 49 | 41 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
July is the driest month (0.3 in) and the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 1.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Metolius →
Questions about parks and trails in Metolius
How much of Metolius is conserved land?
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.
Is there public land near Metolius?
63,717 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Metolius or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Metolius have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Metolius 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 →