Few parks or trails are on the map in Prairie Heights
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 75% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Prairie Heights, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns · #254 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
How much outdoors does Prairie Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Prairie Heights is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns, #254 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
1% of Prairie Heights’ land. Who manages Prairie 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 2 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loth223 Local Other or Unknown | County | 13 | Unknown |
| Cawleys South Prairie Airport Local Other or Unknown | County | 2 | Unknown |
3 places to go in Prairie Heights
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
0.7 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 Prairie Heights: 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 70 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 51 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 6.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
July is the driest month (1.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 77 °F). 7.3 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Prairie Heights →
Prairie Heights and its neighbors
Prairie Heights has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Heights | 1% | 0.2 | 1 | 75% | C |
| Prairie Ridge | 9% | under 0.1 | 13 | 97% | B |
| Bonney Lake | 3% | 0.8 | 10 | 89% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Prairie Heights
How much of Prairie Heights is conserved land?
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 Prairie Heights?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Prairie Heights?
11,663 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Prairie Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Prairie Heights have?
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #254 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 Prairie 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 →