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Greenough Park
Park
29 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Missoula
Missoula, MT parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Missoula is conserved land, roughly 4,698 acres. There are about 112 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Greenough Park (1.1 mi), Spartan Park (1 mi), and High Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Missoula, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Missoula outdoors
Conserved land
21%
4,698 of 22,398 acres
Trails
112 mi
3.2 mi per sq mi · 67 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
76
61 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
80.1 mi
35.8 mi lanes · 36.6 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
Spartan Park
Park
44 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
High Park
Park
18 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Moose Can Gully
Park
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Moose Can Gully Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Silver Park
Park
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Jacob's Island
Park
13 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Peery Park
Park
12 acres0.7 mi of trail
Peery Park Trail24th Street Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Ben Hughes Park
Park
11 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
All 60 parks & preserves
- West Broadway Island Natural Area11 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Playfair Park14 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Bancroft Pond Nature Area9 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Fort Missoula Regional Park83 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- McCormick Park24 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Bellevue Park6 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Caras Park6 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Garland Park3 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Tom Green Memorial Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Riata Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Pineview Park4 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Clark Fork Natural Park13 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Dale Clawson Complex at Playfair Park9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Bugbee Nature Preserve9 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Kiwanis Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Marilyn Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Invermere Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Franklin Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Boyd Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Paxson Bike Skills Park1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Desmet Fields13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Rattlesnake National Recreation Area5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Jeffrey Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Memorial Rose Garden5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bess Reed Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Nicole Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Southside Lions Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- LaFray Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Rankin Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Toole Park9 ac · Directions
- Maloney Ranch Park8 ac · Directions
- Rainbow Park6 ac
- Pleasant View Park5 ac
- Skyview Park5 ac
- Bonner Park5 ac · Directions
- Honeysuckle Park5 ac · Directions
- Montana Rail Link Park5 ac · Directions
- The Oval4 ac · Directions
- Cattail Corner4 ac · Directions
- Prospect Meadows Common Space4 ac
- Prospect Park3 ac
- Wapikiya Park3 ac
- West Side Park3 ac · Directions
- Duncan Field3 ac · Directions
- McLeod Park3 ac · Directions
- Scotty Park3 ac
- Whitetail Park3 ac
- Syringa Bike Skills Park3 ac · Directions
- Northside Park2 ac · Directions
- Whitepine Park2 ac · Directions
- Ninkpata Park2 ac
Who protects the land
4,698 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 156 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 17 of 95 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes35.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths36.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes7.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball37
- Tennis36
- Baseball34
- Soccer21
- Football12
- Tracks11
- Pickleball8
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Missoula and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula | 21% | 112.3 mi | 76 |
| Orchard Homes | 19.1% | 15.1 mi | 7 |
| East Missoula | 9.3% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Missoula'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 34-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.