O'Donnell Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Bellevue Historic District · Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bellevue
7% of Bellevue’s land is conserved: 67 acres
2.7 miles of mapped trail cross Bellevue, 1.8 per square mile of land. 90% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 33 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 84% of U.S. towns · #5 of 59 in Idaho. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
67 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
2.7 mi
1.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
33 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
90%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.7 mi
1.7 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Bellevue?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bellevue have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bellevue is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns, #5 of 59 in Idaho. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, park acres per resident lowest.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bellevue’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical ID town 2% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · ID 0.7 · U.S. 0.4APark land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (33 acres) · ID 6 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home90% of residents within a half mile of a park · ID 87% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 84%
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Idaho towns of 2,500+ (59)Ahead of 93%
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Bellevue’s 7% is ahead of 88% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 88% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Bellevue City Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
67 conserved acres
7% of Bellevue’s land. Who manages Bellevue’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits53 ac
Town or city10 ac
Bureau of Land Management3 ac
Private Conservation · 32 acLocal Conservation Area · 21 acLocal Recreation Area · 9 acNational Public Lands · 3 acLocal Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Catcher Ridge Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 32 | Closed |
| Howard Preserve Local Conservation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 21 | Open |
| O'Donnell Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Shoshone Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 3 | Open |
| Cedar Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Biking & sports
1.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bellevue: May to 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 35 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 85 | 83 | 73 | 59 | 42 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
August is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 2.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Bellevue →
Questions about parks and trails in Bellevue
How much of Bellevue is conserved land?
7% of its land, against a typical 2% for an Idaho town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Bellevue’s trails?
O'Donnell Park and Bellevue City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Bellevue?
1.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Bellevue?
128,776 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bellevue or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 37 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bellevue have?
Ahead of 84% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #5 of 59 in Idaho. 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 Bellevue neighbors.
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Sources
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 →