Photo: Drums600 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Sumas
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.8 per 1,000 residents. 72% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Sumas, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Sumas have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sumas is ahead of 26% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
4 places to go in Sumas
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
0.1 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.
The best walking months in Sumas: 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 9.0 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 8.1 |
July is the driest month (1.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 9.9 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Sumas →
Questions about parks and trails in Sumas
How much of Sumas 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 Sumas?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Sumas?
22,616 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sumas or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Sumas have?
Ahead of 26% 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 Sumas 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 →