Photo: Crispin Stichart · CC BY-SA 3.0Colville has 48 acres of parks, 9.7 for every 1,000 residents
4.0 miles of mapped trail cross Colville, 1.3 per square mile of land. 87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Colville’s land is conserved, about 44 acres.
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns · #160 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Colville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Colville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Colville is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #160 of 285 in Washington. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Colville City Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Rotary Field
44 conserved acres
2% of Colville’s land. Who manages Colville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yep Kanum Park Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Dean Vaagen Park Local Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Colville National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 7 | Open |
| Rotary Field Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Angus Mcdonald Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
6 places to go in Colville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.3 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.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Colville: April to 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 86 | 86 | 76 | 58 | 41 | 32 |
| Rain (in) | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
August is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 2.5 inches fall in November, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Colville →
Questions about parks and trails in Colville
Where can I hike in Colville?
The longest trail networks: Colville City Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Colville is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Washington town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Colville’s trails?
Colville City Park and Vaagen Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Colville?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Colville?
69,112 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Colville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 55 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Colville have?
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #160 of 285 in Washington. 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 Colville 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 →