Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Fife Heights
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Fife Heights, 0.5 per square mile of land. 2% of Fife Heights’ land is conserved, about 9 acres.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fife Heights?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fife Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fife Heights is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land 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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9 conserved acres
2% of Fife Heights’ land. Who manages Fife Heights’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loth227 Local Other or Unknown | County | 7 | Unknown |
| Loth159 Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in Fife Heights
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1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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 Fife Heights: April 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 52 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
July is the driest month (0.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 77 °F). 6.3 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Fife Heights →
Fife Heights and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Fife Heights
How much of Fife Heights is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Washington town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Fife Heights?
11,749 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fife Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fife Heights have?
Ahead of 62% 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 Fife Heights 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 →