Photo: Dsdugan · Public domain8% of Orofino’s land is conserved: 131 acres
13 acres are parks and preserves, 4.1 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Orofino, 0.1 per square mile of land. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns · #39 of 59 in Idaho. What drives it
How much outdoors does Orofino have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Orofino is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #39 of 59 in Idaho. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Orofino’s 8% is ahead of 93% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 12% of them.
Water is 6% of Orofino’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 8%.
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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Rotary Ball Fields
Small Park
All 5 parks & preserves
131 conserved acres
8% of Orofino’s land. Water is left out: Orofino has 2.5 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Orofino’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 55 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 12 of 15 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Department of Health and Welfare State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 41 | Unknown |
| Idaho Department of Lands State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 18 | Unknown |
| Orofino City Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Idaho Military Division State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 5 | Unknown |
| Rotary Ballfields Local Recreation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 2 | Open |
| Orofino Champion Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Orofino
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 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Orofino: 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 89 | 89 | 79 | 62 | 47 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
August is the driest month (0.7 in) and the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 3.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Orofino →
Questions about parks and trails in Orofino
How much of Orofino is conserved land?
8% 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 Orofino’s trails?
Sports Fields and Fairgrounds and Orofino City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Orofino?
33,165 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Orofino or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Orofino have?
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #39 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 Orofino 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 →