Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in King Arthur Park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is King Arthur Park?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does King Arthur Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, King Arthur Park is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Montana towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 10%; the U.S., 4%), so King Arthur Park’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Montana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 0% 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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1 places to go in King Arthur Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
The best walking months in King Arthur Park: 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 83 | 82 | 72 | 57 | 42 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 2.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in King Arthur Park →
Questions about parks and trails in King Arthur Park
How much of King Arthur Park is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Is there public land near King Arthur Park?
23,576 acres of parks and open public land lie inside King Arthur Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does King Arthur Park have?
Ahead of 25% 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 King Arthur Park 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 →