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Marsing Water TowerPhoto: Tamanoeconomico · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Marsing

Marsing has 3 acres of parks, 2.4 for every 1,000 residents

69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
2.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
69%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Marsing have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Marsing is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Marsing’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 11%
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Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Marsing’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 1% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Marsing. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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.

Marsing Island Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

1 places to go in Marsing

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

Playgrounds in Marsing

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

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
3Baseball
3Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Marsing: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.69.0
High (°F)394859667684939282675140
Rain (in)0.80.60.80.81.10.70.30.20.30.60.80.8

August is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 1.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Marsing →

Questions about parks and trails in Marsing

How much of Marsing 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.

Are dogs allowed on Marsing’s trails?

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

Is there public land near Marsing?

43,944 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Marsing or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Marsing have?

Ahead of 11% 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 Marsing 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 →