Photo: rustejunk · CC BY 2.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Kamiah
4 acres are parks and preserves, 4.0 per 1,000 residents. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Kamiah’s land is conserved, about 13 acres.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Kamiah?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Kamiah have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kamiah is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Kamiah’s 2% is ahead of 49% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 1% of them.
Water is 7% of Kamiah’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
13 conserved acres
2% of Kamiah’s land. Water is left out: Kamiah has 1.1 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kamiah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 9 | Open |
| Idaho Department of Lands State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 3 | Unknown |
2 places to go in Kamiah
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.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Kamiah: 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 82 | 93 | 93 | 82 | 64 | 48 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
August is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 2.6 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kamiah →
Questions about parks and trails in Kamiah
How much of Kamiah is conserved land?
2% 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 Kamiah’s trails?
Riverfront Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Kamiah?
23,081 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kamiah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Kamiah 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 Kamiah 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 →