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Northeast Entrance StationNortheast Entrance Station · Photo: National Park Service inventory · Public domain
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Outdoors in Silver Gate

More than half of Silver Gate’s land is conserved: 84%

84% of Silver Gate’s land is conserved, about 2,368 acres. 1 acre is park or preserve, 6.1 per 1,000 residents. 1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Silver Gate, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
84%
2,368 acres · of 4.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.3 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
6.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

2,368 conserved acres

84% of Silver Gate’s land. Who manages Silver Gate’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service2,359 ac
National Park Service7 ac
State fish & wildlife2 ac
National Forest · 2,359 acNational Park · 7 acState Conservation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Gallatin National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service2,359Open
Yellowstone National Park
National Park
National Park Service7Open
Silver Gate Wildlife Habitat Protection Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife2Restricted
Things to do

1 places to go in Silver Gate

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Silver Gate

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 0.6 mi
Bannock Trail0.3 mi
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
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Silver Gate: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.58.8
High (°F)263038445361716960453325
Rain (in)2.72.42.52.83.13.21.91.72.02.52.62.8

August is the driest month (1.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 71 °F). 3.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Silver Gate →

Next door

Silver Gate and its neighbors

Silver Gate has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Cooke City14 miSilver Gate1.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Silver Gate— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Cooke City— 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 Silver Gate

Is there public land near Silver Gate?

17,534 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Silver Gate or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 297 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Silver Gate 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 →