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Outdoors in Parma

99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Parma

13 acres are parks and preserves, 6.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Parma, 0.2 per square mile of land. 1% of Parma’s land is conserved, about 9 acres.

Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
9 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
6.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Parma?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Parks close to home99% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Parma have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Parma is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Parma’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical ID town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · ID 0.7 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land6.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (13 acres) · ID 6 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home99% of residents within a half mile of a park · ID 87% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 47%
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Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Parma’s 1% is ahead of 31% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 19% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Parma. 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 C to B. 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.

Old Fort Boise Park

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

9 conserved acres

1% of Parma’s land. Who manages Parma’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city9 ac
Local Park · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Fort Boise Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Parma Swimming Pool Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
America's Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

6 places to go in Parma

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

Campgrounds in Parma
Old Fort Boise RV ParkIn Old Fort Boise Park
Directions
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
10Tennis
6Pickleball
4Baseball
4Softball
1Football
1Soccer

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
A. H. Stewart HouseBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary ChurchBuilding · listed 1982
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Parma: 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.114.012.410.99.68.9
High (°F)394758667583939281675039
Rain (in)1.20.70.90.91.20.70.20.20.40.70.91.2

August is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 1.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Parma →

Questions about parks and trails in Parma

How much of Parma is conserved land?

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 Parma’s trails?

Old Fort Boise Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Parma?

9,808 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Parma or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Parma have?

Ahead of 47% 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 Parma 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 →