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Outdoors in Wallace

6% of Wallace’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 6% of Wallace’s land is conserved, about 36 acres. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 7.4 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
6%
36 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
1.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
7.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.0 mi
2.0 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

36 conserved acres

6% of Wallace’s land. Who manages Wallace’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Bureau of Land Management32 ac
State parks3 ac
National Public Lands · 32 acState Recreation Area · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Coeur D'Alene Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management32Open
Trail of the Coeur d' Alenes
State Recreation Area
State parks3Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Wallace

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

Dog parks in Wallace

1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

2.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

2.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Basketball

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

History along the way

6 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 32 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Northern Pacific Railway DepotBuilding · listed 1976
About it
Wallace Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1979
About it
Wallace Carnegie LibraryBuilding · listed 1981
About it
Wallace 1910 Fire MemorialObject · listed 1984
About it
US Post Office-Wallace MainBuilding · listed 1989
About it
Nine Mile CemeterySite · listed 2025
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Wallace: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)8.810.211.813.615.115.915.614.212.510.89.28.5
High (°F)343846556672838271554033
Rain (in)4.63.73.83.32.92.61.01.01.63.55.24.6

July is the driest month (1.0 in) and the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.2 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Wallace →

Questions about parks and trails in Wallace

Where can I bike in Wallace?

2.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.0 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Wallace?

110,652 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wallace or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wallace neighbors.

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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 →