Cataldo Mission · Photo: Vatsun at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Pinehurst has 34 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents
67% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Pinehurst, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Pinehurst have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pinehurst is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pinehurst’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% of them.
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.
Marek Memorial Park
3 places to go in Pinehurst
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Pinehurst: May to 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 84 | 83 | 73 | 57 | 42 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
August is the driest month (0.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.4 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Pinehurst →
Questions about parks and trails in Pinehurst
How much of Pinehurst 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 Pinehurst’s trails?
West Shoshone Park and Marek Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pinehurst?
103,934 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pinehurst or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Pinehurst have?
Ahead of 36% 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 Pinehurst 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 →