Mountain View Trailer Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainB−Outdoors
Outdoors in Monticello
Monticello has 14 miles of mapped trails, 4.3 for every square mile of land
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5% of Monticello’s land is conserved, about 117 acres.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
117 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
4.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
1.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
21%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Monticello?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Monticello have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Monticello is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Monticello’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical UT town 3% · U.S. 4%BTrails4.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (14 mi) · UT 1.1 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land1.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · UT 7 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home21% of residents within a half mile of a park · UT 91% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
117 conserved acres
5% of Monticello’s land. Who manages Monticello’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management117 ac
National Public Lands · 117 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 117 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Monticello
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Monticello
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Monticello
RV Park
DirectionsTrails & water
12 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 8.4 mi
Creekside Trail0.8 mi
Snake Trail0.6 mi
Zippy Trail0.6 mi
Upcycle Trail0.6 mi
Dog Leg Trail0.5 mi
Matinee Trail0.5 mi
Meander Trail0.4 mi
Flat Top Trail0.4 mi
Roller Coaster Trail0.3 mi
Switch Trail0.2 mi
2 more trails
Lizard Ledge Trail
0.1 miIzzie's Isthmus Trail
0.1 miBiking & 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
4Baseball
2Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Monticello: May to 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 78 | 83 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
June is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 1.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Monticello →
Questions about parks and trails in Monticello
How much of Monticello 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.
Are dogs allowed on Monticello’s trails?
Mountain View Trailer Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Monticello?
91,123 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Monticello or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 119 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Monticello have?
Ahead of 48% 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 Monticello 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 →