98% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Ucon
1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Ucon, 2.0 per square mile of land. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 8.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Ucon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Ucon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ucon is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Idaho towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ucon’s 1% is ahead of 15% of Idaho towns, while its trails per square mile lead 90% 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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5 conserved acres
1% of Ucon’s land. Who manages Ucon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
2 places to go in Ucon
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.
The best walking months in Ucon: 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 29 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 86 | 84 | 74 | 59 | 42 | 30 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
July is the driest month (0.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 1.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Ucon →
Questions about parks and trails in Ucon
How much of Ucon 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.
Is there public land near Ucon?
2,672 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ucon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ucon have?
Ahead of 67% 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 Ucon 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 →