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Fitzpatrick Ranch Lakeview Avon MontanaPhoto: Johnfitz3000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Avon

Few parks or trails are on the map in Avon

3% of Avon’s land is conserved, about 218 acres. 4.8 miles of mapped trail cross Avon, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
218 acres · of 13.4 sq mi of land
Trails
4.8 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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

218 conserved acres

3% of Avon’s land. Who manages Avon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits217 ac
Bureau of Land Management1 ac
Unknown Easement · 217 acNational Public Lands · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 217 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Missoula Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management1Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Avon: May and July 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)323443516169807968533830
Rain (in)1.11.11.31.72.32.71.21.21.31.41.21.2

January is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 2.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Avon →

Questions about parks and trails in Avon

Is there public land near Avon?

64,157 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Avon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 806 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Avon 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 →