Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Monroe has 7.3 miles of mapped trails, 2.0 for every square mile of land
10 acres are parks and preserves, 3.8 per 1,000 residents. 5% of Monroe’s land is conserved, about 121 acres. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 63% of U.S. towns · #74 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Monroe?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Monroe have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Monroe is ahead of 63% of U.S. towns, #74 of 119 in Utah. 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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121 conserved acres
5% of Monroe’s land. Who manages Monroe’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| The State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 2013 State Resource Management Area | State land board | 79 | Open |
| Richfield Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 42 | Open |
4 places to go in Monroe
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 named trails
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Monroe: April to 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 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 70 | 82 | 88 | 86 | 77 | 65 | 51 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
June is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 1.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Monroe →
Questions about parks and trails in Monroe
How much of Monroe is conserved land?
5% of its land, against a typical 3% for an Utah town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Monroe?
113,766 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Monroe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 54 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Monroe have?
Ahead of 63% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #74 of 119 in Utah. 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 Monroe 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 →