1
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
1,957 acres5.8 mi of trail
Mt Helena Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Helena West Side
Helena West Side, MT parks, trails & bike paths
About 31% of Helena West Side is conserved land, roughly 3,010 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest (5.8 mi), Spring Meadow Lake State Park (1.2 mi), and Mount Helena City Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Helena West Side, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Helena West Side outdoors
Conserved land
31%
3,010 of 9,580 acres
Trails
46 mi
3 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
2,124 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.4 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Spring Meadow Lake State Park
Managed by Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
54 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Mount Helena City Park
Park
19 acres0.9 mi of trail
Le Grande Cannon Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Tenmile Creek Park
Park
200 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
- Lewis & Clark County28 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
Who protects the land
3,010 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 74 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 6 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis1
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Helena West Side and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena West Side | 31.4% | 45.5 mi | 5 |
| Helena | 23.9% | 74.6 mi | 44 |
| Helena Valley West Central | 22.9% | 36.2 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Helena West Side's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.