Millville Face Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
30 acres1.7 mi of trail
Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Providence LDS Chapel and Meetinghouse · Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Providence
Providence has 8.2 miles of mapped trails, 2.0 for every square mile of land
98% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Millville Face Wildlife Management Area (1.7 mi), Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (0.6 mi), Von Baer Park (0.6 mi). 52 acres are parks and preserves, 5.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns · #46 of 119 in Utah. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
78 acres · of 4.2 sq mi of land
Trails
8.2 mi
2.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
52 ac
5.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
98%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.1 mi
2.0 mi lanes · 0.2 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Providence?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Providence have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Providence is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #46 of 119 in Utah. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Providence’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical UT town 3% · U.S. 4%B−Trails2.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · UT 1.1 · U.S. 0.4APark land5.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (52 acres) · UT 7 · U.S. 13CParks close to home98% of residents within a half mile of a park · UT 91% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 74%
LessMore
Utah towns of 2,500+ (119)Ahead of 62%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. 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
The longest trail network is Millville Face WMA, with 1.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
44 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Von Baer Park
Park
21 acres0.6 mi of trail
Von Baer Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 11 parks & preserves
Millville Face Wildlife Management Area30 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest44 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Von Baer Park21 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
DirectionsZollinger Park13 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
DirectionsAlma Leonhardt Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
DirectionsHampshire Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
DirectionsMeadowridge Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
DirectionsUptown Park3 acres
DirectionsBraegger Park2 acres
DirectionsBrookside Park1 acres
Cattle Corral Park1 acres
Who protects it
78 conserved acres
3% of Providence’s land. Who manages Providence’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city44 ac
State fish & wildlife30 ac
U.S. Forest Service4 ac
Local Park · 44 acState Conservation Area · 30 acNational Forest · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millville Face State Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 30 | Restricted |
| Von Baer Park Local Park | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| Zollinger Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Cache National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 4 | Open |
| Uptown Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Braegger Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Alma Leonhardt Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Hampshire Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Meadowridge Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Brookside Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
10 places to go in Providence
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Providence
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Disc golf in Providence
Blind Gully Disc Golf CourseIn Von Baer Park
DirectionsTrails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Open to bikes · 2.0 miUnpaved · 2.0 mi
Bonneville Shoreline Trail1.9 mi
Von Baer Trail0.3 mi
Biking & sports
2.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
10Tennis
6Baseball
6Pickleball
5Soccer
2Beach volleyball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Providence: May, June and 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) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 38 | 50 | 58 | 69 | 79 | 89 | 87 | 77 | 62 | 47 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
July is the driest month (0.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 2.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Providence →
Next door
Providence and its neighbors
Providence has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 3% | 2.0 | 6 | 98% | B+ |
| River Heights | 3% | 0.6 | 5 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Millville | 10% | 1.4 | 10 | 92% | A− |
| Logan | 3% | 1.4 | 8 | 93% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Providence
Where can I hike in Providence?
The longest trail networks: Millville Face Wildlife Management Area, 1.7 miles; Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 0.6 miles; Von Baer Park, 0.6 miles; Zollinger Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Providence is conserved land?
3% 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 Providence’s trails?
Millville Face Wildlife Management Area and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Providence?
2.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.0 of painted or protected lanes and 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Providence?
7,919 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Providence or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 56 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Providence have?
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #46 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 Providence 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 →