1
Mount Helena City Park
Park
1,039 acres29.4 mi of trail
Ambrose Trail1906 TrailPrairie TrailProspect Shafts TrailDump Out Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Helena
Helena, MT parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Helena is conserved land, roughly 2,636 acres. There are about 75 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mount Helena City Park (29.4 mi), Mount Ascension Park (14 mi), and Dale Harris Park (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Helena, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Helena outdoors
Conserved land
24%
2,636 of 11,007 acres
Trails
75 mi
4.3 mi per sq mi · 57 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
44
78 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
13.5 mi
2.1 mi lanes · 11.0 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
Mount Ascension Park
Park
488 acres14 mi of trail
Prickly Pear TrailEasy Rider TrailAftershock TrailRocky Road TrailEntertainment Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Dale Harris Park
Managed by City of Helena
24 acres1.5 mi of trail
Acropolis Crest Trails
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lewis & Clark County Fairgrounds
Park
147 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Nob Hill Park
Managed by City of Helena
40 acres1.1 mi of trail
Nob Hill Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Nature Park
Park
22 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Northwest Park
Managed by City of Helena
19 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Ryan Park
Park
53 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 44 parks & preserves
- South Hills Disc Golf Course34 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Centennial / Bausch Park65 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Memorial Park16 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Bureau of Land Mgmt69 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Lincoln Park5 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Batch Memorial Park18 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Selma Held Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Fire Tower Park4 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Ramey Park13 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Barney Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hill Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Sixth Ward Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest15 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lockey Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Robinson Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Janet Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Women's Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Beattie Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Cherry Hill Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Siebel Fields26 ac · Directions
- Exchange Field16 ac · Directions
- Bill Carson Memorial Park6 ac · Directions
- Mountain View Park5 ac
- Skelton Park4 ac · Directions
- Sherron Park2 ac · Directions
- Jaycee Park2 ac
- The Lazy Green2 ac · Directions
- Waukesha Park2 ac · Directions
- Kay McKenna Park2 ac · Directions
- Highway Park2 ac · Directions
- Spring Meadow Lake State Park1 ac · Directions
- Cunningham Park1 ac
- Pioneer Park1 ac · Directions
- Clinton Park1 ac
- Pioneer Village Park1 ac
- Morrison Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,636 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 33 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball27
- Tennis17
- Soccer16
- Basketball14
- Pickleball8
- Football4
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Helena and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena | 23.9% | 74.6 mi | 44 |
| Helena Valley West Central | 22.9% | 36.2 mi | 5 |
| Helena West Side | 31.4% | 45.5 mi | 5 |
| Helena Valley Southeast | 6.9% | 9.5 mi | 2 |
| East Helena | 3% | 1.2 mi | 2 |
| Helena Valley Northeast | 8% | 13.2 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Helena'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.