Photo: Own work by Saltysailor · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Montague
3 acres are parks and preserves, 2.2 per 1,000 residents. 49% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Montague, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Montague have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Montague is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
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
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1 places to go in Montague
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.0 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 Montague: April to June and 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) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 53 | 59 | 65 | 74 | 83 | 93 | 92 | 85 | 71 | 55 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
August is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 3.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Montague →
Questions about parks and trails in Montague
How much of Montague is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Montague?
31,441 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Montague or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Montague have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Montague 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 →