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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Mount Angel

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Mount Angel

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Ebner County Park (0.5 mi). 11 acres are parks and preserves, 3.2 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns · #98 of 142 in Oregon. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
7 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
3.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Mount Angel?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Mount Angel have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Angel is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #98 of 142 in Oregon. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mount Angel’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 54%
LessMore
Oregon towns of 2,500+ (142)Ahead of 31%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Ebner County Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Ebner County Park

Park
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

John B Humpert Park

Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Fisher Memorial Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

7 conserved acres

1% of Mount Angel’s land. Who manages Mount Angel’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city7 ac
Local Park · 7 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Ebner Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
John B. Humpert Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Fisher Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Mount Angel

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

Playgrounds in Mount Angel

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
9Baseball
1Soccer
1Basketball

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

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
St. Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchBuilding · listed 1976
About it
Windischar's General Blacksmith ShopBuilding · listed 1980
About it
Queen of Angels PrioryBuilding · listed 1982
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Mount Angel: April 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)475156616873828276645346
Rain (in)6.44.75.03.82.81.80.40.61.64.06.67.3

July is the driest month (0.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 7.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Mount Angel →

Questions about parks and trails in Mount Angel

Where can I hike in Mount Angel?

The longest trail networks: Ebner County Park, 0.5 miles; John B Humpert Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Mount Angel is conserved land?

1% of its land, against a typical 4% for an Oregon town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Mount Angel’s trails?

Ebner County Park and John B Humpert Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Mount Angel?

1,742 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Angel or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Mount Angel have?

Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #98 of 142 in Oregon. 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 Mount Angel 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 →