Main Street City Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Glacier County Courthouse · Photo: J.B. Chandler · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Cut Bank
99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Cut Bank
1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Cut Bank, 0.9 per square mile of land. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 3.2 per 1,000 residents. 3% of Cut Bank’s land is conserved, about 24 acres.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns · #28 of 42 in Montana. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
24 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
3.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Cut Bank?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cut Bank have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cut Bank is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns, #28 of 42 in Montana. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cut Bank’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical MT town 10% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MT 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land3.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (10 acres) · MT 14 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home99% of residents within a half mile of a park · MT 91% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 66%
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Montana towns of 2,500+ (42)Ahead of 34%
Montana towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 10%; the U.S., 4%), so Cut Bank’s 3% is ahead of 17% of Montana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 56% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
24 conserved acres
3% of Cut Bank’s land. Who manages Cut Bank’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government20 ac
Town or city10 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 20 acLocal Park · 10 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | Other or Unknown Local Government | 20 | Unknown |
| Southwest/Gary Smith Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Bud Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Cut Bank
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cut Bank
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
5th Avenue Northwest0.1 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
4Tennis
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Cut Bank: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 34 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 80 | 80 | 69 | 55 | 41 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
January is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Cut Bank →
Questions about parks and trails in Cut Bank
How much of Cut Bank is conserved land?
3% of its land, against a typical 10% for a Montana town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Cut Bank’s trails?
Main Street City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cut Bank?
5,003 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cut Bank or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cut Bank have?
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #28 of 42 in Montana. 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 Cut Bank 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 →