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Welcome sign in Harrison Idaho 6-28-2008Photo: Silus Grok from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Harrison

6% of Harrison’s land is conserved, and 96% of residents live within a half mile of a park

6% of Harrison’s land is conserved, about 140 acres. 37 acres are parks and preserves, 193 per 1,000 residents. 3.5 miles of mapped trail cross Harrison, 1.0 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
6%
140 acres · of 3.6 sq mi of land
Trails
3.5 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
37 ac
193 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.0 mi
2.0 mi paths
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

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Harrison City Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

140 conserved acres

6% of Harrison’s land. Water is left out: Harrison has 3.6 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Harrison’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State Department of Land76 ac
State parks33 ac
Bureau of Land Management31 ac
Unknown Easement · 76 acState Recreation Area · 33 acNational Public Lands · 31 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 76 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Trail of the Coeur d' Alenes
State Recreation Area
State parks33Open
Coeur D'Alene Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management31Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Harrison

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Boat launches in Harrison

1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Biking & sports

2.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

2.0 mi
off-road bike paths
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Harrison Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1996
About it
Crane, Silas W., and Elizabeth, HouseBuilding · listed 1999
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Harrison: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)8.810.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)364047556571828272574336
Rain (in)3.62.52.82.12.31.90.80.71.02.23.43.7

August is the driest month (0.7 in) and the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 3.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Harrison →

Questions about parks and trails in Harrison

Are dogs allowed on Harrison’s trails?

Harrison City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Harrison?

2.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.0 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Harrison?

37,480 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harrison or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 68 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Harrison neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →