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Outdoors in Fife

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Fife

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 6.3 miles of mapped trail cross Fife, 1.1 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Dacca Park (0.6 mi), Brookville Gardens Park (0.5 mi), 5 Acre Park (0.5 mi).

Ahead of 79% of U.S. towns · #100 of 285 in Washington. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
123 acres · of 5.8 sq mi of land
Trails
6.3 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
136 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
5.4 mi
2.6 mi lanes · 2.8 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Fife?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Fife have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fife is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns, #100 of 285 in Washington. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, conserved land lowest.

A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fife’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 79%
LessMore
Washington towns of 2,500+ (285)Ahead of 65%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Dacca Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Dacca Park

Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dacca Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Brookville Gardens Park

Park
14 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

5 Acre Park

Park
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Five Acre Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Levee Pond Park

Park
16 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
Dacca Park11 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Directions
Brookville Gardens Park14 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Directions
5 Acre Park7 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Directions
Levee Pond Park16 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Wedge Park1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Central Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Park in Radiance1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Fife Library Park3 acres
Directions
Fountain Memorial Park1 acres
Directions
Who protects it

123 conserved acres

3% of Fife’s land. Who manages Fife’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city133 ac
County5 ac
Local Park · 83 acLocal Other or Unknown · 51 acLocal Conservation Area · 1 acLocal Recreation Area · 1 acAccess Area · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 16 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Loth55
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city45Open
Hylebos Nature Area
Local Park
Town or city17Open
N Levee Road Park
Local Park
Town or city17Open
Brookville Gardens Park
Local Park
Town or city16Open
Dacca Park
Local Park
Town or city10Open
Milgard Nature Area
Local Park
Town or city9Open
5 - Acre Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Centennial Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
Loth227
Local Other or Unknown
County3Unknown
Loth159
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city3Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

26 places to go in Fife

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

Playgrounds in Fife
The Old Cannery Splash PadIn Colburn Park
Directions

Plus 24 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

4 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Five Acre Park Trail0.5 mi
Dacca Park Trail0.3 mi
78th Avenue East0.2 mi
74th Avenue East0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

5.4 miles of bike routes

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

2.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
2.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Basketball
5Baseball
4Tracks
3Tennis
2Football
1Beach volleyball
1Soccer
1Softball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Fife: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)8.910.211.813.515.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)475055606771777771615247
Rain (in)5.63.94.23.32.01.50.60.91.53.96.35.7

July is the driest month (0.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 77 °F). 6.3 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Fife →

Next door

Fife and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Fife3%1.11299%+A−
Tacoma8%1.71299%A
Edgewood2%0.3982%B−
Milton4%0.3898%B
Puyallup6%2.01393%A−
Waller5%0.52889%A−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Fife

Where can I hike in Fife?

The longest trail networks: Dacca Park, 0.6 miles; Brookville Gardens Park, 0.5 miles; 5 Acre Park, 0.5 miles; Levee Pond Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Fife is conserved land?

3% 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.

Are dogs allowed on Fife’s trails?

Dacca Park and Brookville Gardens Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Fife?

5.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of painted or protected lanes and 2.8 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Fife?

12,604 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fife or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 144 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Fife have?

Ahead of 79% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #100 of 285 in Washington. 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 neighbors.

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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 →