Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area
Managed by Bureau of Land Management
205 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Mountain Home AFB
Mountain Home AFB has 27 miles of mapped trails, 2.7 for every square mile of land
7% of Mountain Home AFB’s land is conserved, about 477 acres. 16 acres are parks and preserves, 5.1 per 1,000 residents. 75% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns · #12 of 59 in Idaho. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
477 acres · of 10.0 sq mi of land
Trails
27 mi
2.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
16 ac
5.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Mountain Home AFB?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mountain Home AFB have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mountain Home AFB is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns, #12 of 59 in Idaho. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mountain Home AFB’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical ID town 2% · U.S. 4%B+Trails2.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (27 mi) · ID 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land5.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (16 acres) · ID 6 · U.S. 13CParks close to home75% of residents within a half mile of a park · ID 87% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 72%
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Idaho towns of 2,500+ (59)Ahead of 81%
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Mountain Home AFB’s 7% is ahead of 90% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 95% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
477 conserved acres
7% of Mountain Home AFB’s land. Who manages Mountain Home AFB’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management299 ac
State Department of Land181 ac
National Public Lands · 299 acUnknown Easement · 181 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 179 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Rivers Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 299 | Open |
Trails & water
4 named trails
Named trails
Hickory Circle0.3 mi
Lodgepole0.3 mi
Aspen Loop0.2 mi
Pinon Place0.1 mi
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
5Baseball
3Soccer
3Basketball
3Tennis
1Volleyball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Mountain Home AFB: 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 83 | 94 | 92 | 82 | 67 | 51 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
August is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 1.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mountain Home AFB →
Questions about parks and trails in Mountain Home AFB
Where can I hike in Mountain Home AFB?
The longest trail networks: Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Mountain Home AFB is conserved land?
7% 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 Mountain Home AFB’s trails?
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mountain Home AFB?
28,170 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mountain Home AFB or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 197 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mountain Home AFB have?
Ahead of 72% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #12 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 Mountain Home AFB 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 →