Outdoors · Polson

Polson, MT parks, trails & bike paths

About 11% of Polson is conserved land, roughly 336 acres. There are about 7.6 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Polson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Polson outdoors

Conserved land
11%
336 of 3,056 acres
Trails
7.6 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
62 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.3 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

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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.
1

Polson Sports Complex

Park
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

O'Malley Park

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Riverside Park

Park
6 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Boettcher Park

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
  • Sacajawea Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
  • Salish Point Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
  • Jorgenson Heglie Park4 ac · Directions
  • Ducharme Park1 ac
Who protects the land

336 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government
325 ac
Town or city
47 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 11 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 paths4.3 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball9
  • Tennis8
  • Basketball2
  • Equestrian1
  • Skate park1
  • Football1
  • Pickleball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Polson'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.

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