Photo: Akerr · CC BY-SA 3.0Port Ludlow has 27 miles of mapped trails, 2.3 for every square mile of land
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.9 per 1,000 residents. 34% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #251 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Port Ludlow?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Port Ludlow have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Port Ludlow is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #251 of 285 in Washington. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 18% of Port Ludlow’s area (3 of 14 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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 conserved acres
under 1% of Port Ludlow’s land. Water is left out: Port Ludlow has 11.5 square miles of land and 2.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Port Ludlow’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 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loth207 Local Other or Unknown | County | 1 | Unknown |
4 places to go in Port Ludlow
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
14 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
4 more trails
1.1 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Port Ludlow: May 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 | 53 | 58 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 59 | 51 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
July is the driest month (0.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 74 °F). 4.9 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Port Ludlow →
Port Ludlow and its neighbors
Port Ludlow has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Ludlow | under 1% | 2.3 | 1 | 34% | C |
| Hansville | 7% | 1.5 | 186 | 76% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Port Ludlow
How much of Port Ludlow is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Port Ludlow?
1.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Port Ludlow?
26,665 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Port Ludlow or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,112 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Port Ludlow have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #251 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 Port Ludlow 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 →