Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Potlatch
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Potlatch, 1.1 per square mile of land.
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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2 places to go in Potlatch
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.
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.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Potlatch: 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 83 | 84 | 75 | 59 | 44 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
August is the driest month (0.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Potlatch →
Questions about parks and trails in Potlatch
Is there public land near Potlatch?
16,490 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Potlatch or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the city line.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Potlatch 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 →