Photo: U.S. Air Force photo · Public domainMalmstrom AFB has 6.2 miles of mapped trails, 1.2 for every square mile of land
82% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 22 acres are parks and preserves, 5.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns · #39 of 42 in Montana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Malmstrom AFB?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Malmstrom AFB have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Malmstrom AFB is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #39 of 42 in Montana. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Montana towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 10%; the U.S., 4%), so Malmstrom AFB’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Montana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% 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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25 places to go in Malmstrom AFB
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
25 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Malmstrom AFB: 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 84 | 73 | 58 | 44 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Malmstrom AFB →
Malmstrom AFB and its neighbors
Malmstrom AFB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malmstrom AFB | under 1% | 1.2 | 5 | 82% | C+ |
| Great Falls | 8% | 0.6 | 13 | 98% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Malmstrom AFB
How much of Malmstrom AFB 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 Malmstrom AFB?
10,040 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Malmstrom AFB or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Malmstrom AFB have?
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #39 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 Malmstrom AFB 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 →