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Camp White Station Hospital Administration BuildingCamp White Station Hospital Administration Building · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in White City

White City has 16 acres of parks, 1.5 for every 1,000 residents

1.8 miles of mapped trail cross White City, 1.0 per square mile of land. 88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of White City’s land is conserved, about 26 acres.

Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns · #100 of 142 in Oregon. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
26 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
1.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.8 mi
1.7 mi lanes · 0.1 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is White City?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

A trail town1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 79% of U.S. towns.Parks close to home88% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does White City have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, White City is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #100 of 142 in Oregon. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of White City’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical OR town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · OR 0.8 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land1.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (16 acres) · OR 7 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home88% of residents within a half mile of a park · OR 96% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 53%
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Oregon towns of 2,500+ (142)Ahead of 30%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

26 conserved acres

2% of White City’s land. Who manages White City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County15 ac
Town or city11 ac
Local Park · 15 acLocal Recreation Area · 11 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
White City Library Park
Local Park
County13Open
White City Elementary
Local Recreation Area
Town or city11Open
Burns Park
Local Park
County2Open
Things to do

6 places to go in White City

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in White City

6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

1.8 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.7 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Basketball
1Skate park
1Multi-sport

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Camp White Station Hospital Administration BuildingBuilding · listed 2016
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in White City: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)505661677582929285715647
Rain (in)3.12.12.01.71.40.70.30.30.51.42.83.8

August is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 3.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in White City →

Questions about parks and trails in White City

How much of White City 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.

Where can I bike in White City?

1.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.7 of painted or protected lanes and 0.1 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near White City?

32,945 acres of parks and open public land lie inside White City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does White City have?

Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #100 of 142 in Oregon. 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 White City neighbors.

Town Square →
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Sources

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 →