Photo: SamuelNelsonGISP · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Tarkio
2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.6 per 1,000 residents. 76% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Tarkio?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Tarkio have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tarkio is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Tarkio’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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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6 places to go in Tarkio
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Tarkio
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 40 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 66 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tarkio →
Questions about parks and trails in Tarkio
How much of Tarkio is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Missouri town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Tarkio?
95 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tarkio or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Tarkio have?
Ahead of 12% 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 Tarkio 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 →