Fort Hall · Photo: National Park Service photographer · Public domainFort Hall has 18 miles of mapped trails, 0.5 for every square mile of land
8% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6 acres are parks and preserves, 2.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Fort Hall have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Hall is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Fort Hall’s under 1% is ahead of 2% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 38% 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
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6 conserved acres
under 1% of Fort Hall’s land. Who manages Fort Hall’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bannock Ave Park Local Park | County | 6 | Open |
3 places to go in Fort Hall
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail
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 Fort Hall: May, 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 88 | 87 | 76 | 61 | 45 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
July is the driest month (0.4 in) and the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 1.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Hall →
Questions about parks and trails in Fort Hall
How much of Fort Hall is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Fort Hall?
26,312 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Hall or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fort Hall have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Fort Hall 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 →