Porter Ranch Barn · Photo: Rockymountainkids · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Somers
1 acre is park or preserve, 1.0 per 1,000 residents. 36% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Somers, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Somers have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Somers is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Montana towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 10%; the U.S., 4%), so Somers’ under 1% is ahead of 5% of Montana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% 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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Somers’ land. Who manages Somers’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Fishing Access Site State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Somers
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
2.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in Somers: 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 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 72 | 83 | 82 | 71 | 55 | 40 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
February is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 2.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Somers →
Questions about parks and trails in Somers
How much of Somers 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.
Where can I bike in Somers?
2.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Somers?
37,640 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Somers or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Somers have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Somers 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 →