Ennis Lions Club Community Park
Park
12 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Ennis
6% of Ennis’ land is conserved: 28 acres
0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Ennis, 1.1 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Ennis Lions Club Community Park (0.6 mi). 12 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
28 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Ennis?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ennis have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ennis is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ennis’ overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical MT town 10% · U.S. 4%BTrails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MT 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land15 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · MT 14 · U.S. 13BParks close to home51% of residents within a half mile of a park · MT 91% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 68%
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Montana towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 10%; the U.S., 4%), so Ennis’ 6% is ahead of 29% of Montana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 67% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Ennis. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on 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
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Ennis Lions Club Community Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
28 conserved acres
6% of Ennis’ land. Who manages Ennis’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government15 ac
U.S. Forest Service13 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 15 acNational Forest · 13 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 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 | 15 | Unknown |
| Beaverhead National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 13 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Ennis
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Ennis
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Ennis: 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 85 | 84 | 73 | 59 | 44 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 2.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Ennis →
Questions about parks and trails in Ennis
Where can I hike in Ennis?
The longest trail networks: Ennis Lions Club Community Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Ennis is conserved land?
6% 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 Ennis’ trails?
Ennis Lions Club Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Ennis?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Ennis?
40,637 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ennis or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ennis have?
Ahead of 68% 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 Ennis 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 →