Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0Rockaway Beach has 28 acres of parks, 18 for every 1,000 residents
4.5 miles of mapped trail cross Rockaway Beach, 2.8 per square mile of land. 86% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Rockaway Beach’s land is conserved, about 21 acres.
Ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Rockaway Beach?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Rockaway Beach have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rockaway Beach is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 6% of Rockaway Beach’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Anchor Street Park
21 conserved acres
2% of Rockaway Beach’s land. Water is left out: Rockaway Beach has 1.6 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Rockaway Beach’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Beach State Recreation Site State Recreation Area | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Rockaway Beach State Recreation Site State Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
8 places to go in Rockaway Beach
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 picnic areas without a name on the map.
3 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 Rockaway 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 54 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 14.3 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 14.5 | 15.7 |
July is the driest month (1.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 68 °F). 15.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Rockaway Beach →
Questions about parks and trails in Rockaway Beach
How much of Rockaway Beach is conserved land?
2% 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 Rockaway Beach’s trails?
Phyllis Baker City Park and Stanger Memorial VFW Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Rockaway Beach?
46,856 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rockaway Beach or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Rockaway Beach have?
Ahead of 77% 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 Rockaway 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 →