Photo: Drone108 · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Gold Bar
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 19 acres are parks and preserves, 7.8 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Gold Bar, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns · #192 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Gold Bar?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Gold Bar have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gold Bar is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #192 of 285 in Washington. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull 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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16 conserved acres
2% of Gold Bar’s land. Who manages Gold Bar’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loth59 Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Salmon Run Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Gold Bar
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in Gold Bar: 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 49 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 10.3 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 11.4 | 9.9 |
July is the driest month (1.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 11.4 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Gold Bar →
Gold Bar and its neighbors
Gold Bar has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Bar | 2% | 0.2 | 8 | 99%+ | B |
| Startup | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Gold Bar
How much of Gold Bar 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.
Where can I bike in Gold Bar?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Gold Bar?
74,826 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gold Bar or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gold Bar have?
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #192 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 Gold Bar 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 →