Photo: Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld · Public domainMinot AFB has 18 miles of mapped trails, 2.5 for every square mile of land
9 acres are parks and preserves, 1.9 per 1,000 residents. 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns · #21 of 23 in North Dakota. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Minot AFB?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Minot AFB have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Minot AFB is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns, #21 of 23 in North Dakota. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 6% of Minot AFB’s area (0 of 8 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
13 places to go in Minot AFB
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
12 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
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 Minot 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°F) | 19 | 23 | 36 | 53 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 71 | 54 | 36 | 23 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 3.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Minot AFB →
Questions about parks and trails in Minot AFB
How much of Minot AFB is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Dakota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Minot AFB’s trails?
Bud Ebert Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Minot AFB?
466 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Minot AFB or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Minot AFB have?
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #21 of 23 in North Dakota. 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 Minot 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 →