Photo: User:Mdvaden at en.wikipedia Mario Vaden (M.D. Vaden of Oregon): resident of Ruch from 2005 to 2007 · Public domain35% of Ruch’s land is conserved: 1,494 acres
1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Ruch, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Ruch?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Ruch have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ruch is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds 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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1,494 conserved acres
35% of Ruch’s land. Who manages Ruch’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medford Ashland Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 1,490 | Open |
| Ruch Elementary Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 4 | Open |
3 places to go in Ruch
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Ruch: 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 89 | 82 | 69 | 53 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.0 |
August is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ruch →
Questions about parks and trails in Ruch
How much of Ruch is conserved land?
35% 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 Ruch?
130,276 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ruch or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,505 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ruch have?
Ahead of 27% 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 Ruch 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 →