Nevada Northern Railway-McGill Depot · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0McGill has 4 acres of parks, 3.9 for every 1,000 residents
4.2 miles of mapped trail cross McGill, 3.5 per square mile of land. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is McGill?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does McGill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, McGill is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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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7 conserved acres
1% of McGill’s land. Who manages McGill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristlecone Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 7 | Open |
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in McGill: May, June and August
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 68 | 79 | 88 | 86 | 77 | 64 | 50 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
November is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 1.2 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in McGill →
Questions about parks and trails in McGill
How much of McGill is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Nevada town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near McGill?
136,826 acres of parks and open public land lie inside McGill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does McGill have?
Ahead of 49% 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 McGill 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 →