Pleasant View School · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Filer has 11 acres of parks, 3.7 for every 1,000 residents
84% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Filer, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns · #56 of 59 in Idaho. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Filer?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Filer have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Filer is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns, #56 of 59 in Idaho. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Filer’s 1% is ahead of 14% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
6 conserved acres
1% of Filer’s land. Who manages Filer’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filer Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
5 places to go in Filer
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Filer: 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 88 | 78 | 64 | 49 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
July is the driest month (0.2 in) and the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 1.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Filer →
Questions about parks and trails in Filer
How much of Filer is conserved land?
1% 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 Filer’s trails?
Filer Community Park and Twin Falls County Fairground don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Filer?
34,274 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Filer or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Filer have?
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #56 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 Filer 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 →