Hillner Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Sara goth · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Lockwood
Lockwood has 35 acres of parks, 4.8 for every 1,000 residents
0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Lockwood. 80% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Lockwood’s land is conserved, about 237 acres.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #40 of 42 in Montana. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
237 acres · of 12.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
35 ac
4.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Lockwood?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lockwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lockwood is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #40 of 42 in Montana. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lockwood’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical MT town 10% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MT 0.7 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land4.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (35 acres) · MT 14 · U.S. 13CParks close to home80% of residents within a half mile of a park · MT 91% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 34%
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Montana towns of 2,500+ (42)Ahead of 5%
Montana towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 10%; the U.S., 4%), so Lockwood’s 3% is ahead of 15% of Montana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 0% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to C+. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Count Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Harris Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
237 conserved acres
3% of Lockwood’s land. Who manages Lockwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits160 ac
Bureau of Land Management63 ac
County15 ac
State fish & wildlife2 ac
Unknown Easement · 150 acNational Public Lands · 63 acLocal Park · 15 acConservation Easement · 10 acState Recreation Area · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 156 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 9 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billings Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 63 | Open |
| Woodland Park Local Park | County | 12 | Open |
| Two Moon Park Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
| East Bridge Fishing Access Site State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 2 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Lockwood
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Lockwood
Lions Lair 2.0
DirectionsPlus 1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Fishing spots in Lockwood
East Bridge
DirectionsTrails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
9Baseball
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Lockwood: May, June and 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 40 | 51 | 58 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 86 | 75 | 60 | 46 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 2.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lockwood →
Next door
Lockwood and its neighbors
Lockwood has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockwood | 3% | under 0.1 | 5 | 80% | C |
| Billings | 14% | 0.8 | 14 | 97% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lockwood
How much of Lockwood 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 Lockwood’s trails?
Hillner Park and Count Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lockwood?
17,186 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lockwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 265 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lockwood have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #40 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 Lockwood 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 →