Few parks or trails are on the map in Pray
112 acres are parks and preserves, 99 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Pray. 8% of Pray’s land is conserved, about 1,405 acres.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Pray?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Pray have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pray is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Montana towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 10%; the U.S., 4%), so Pray’s 8% is ahead of 40% 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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1,405 conserved acres
8% of Pray’s land. Who manages Pray’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,176 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 6 of 12 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 115 | Open |
| Loch Leven Fishing Access Site State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 76 | Open |
| Grey Owl Fishing Access Site State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 34 | Open |
| Dan Bailey Fishing Access Site State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 2 | Open |
| Chicory Fishing Access Site State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 2 | Open |
3 places to go in Pray
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Pray: 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 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 85 | 84 | 73 | 59 | 44 | 35 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 2.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Pray →
Pray and its neighbors
Pray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pray | 8% | under 0.1 | 99 | 11% | C+ |
| Emigrant | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Pray
How much of Pray is conserved land?
8% 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 Pray?
50,003 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pray or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,185 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pray have?
Ahead of 43% 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 Pray 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 →