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Casper Army Air BaseCasper Army Air Base · Photo: United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain
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Outdoors in Mountain View

More than half of Mountain View’s land is conserved: 99%

99% of Mountain View’s land is conserved, about 1,507 acres.

Conserved land
99%
1,507 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

1,507 conserved acres

99% of Mountain View’s land. Who manages Mountain View’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Bureau of Reclamation1,507 ac
Federal Other or Unknown · 1,507 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Usbr
Federal Other or Unknown
Bureau of Reclamation1,507Unknown
When to get out

The best walking months in Mountain View: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.310.511.813.314.615.315.013.912.411.09.79.0
High (°F)373950576880898776614637
Rain (in)0.50.50.81.42.21.31.00.81.01.10.60.5

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 2.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mountain View →

Next door

Mountain View and its neighbors

Mountain View has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Mountain View— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mills39%under 0.1488%B−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Mountain View

Is there public land near Mountain View?

27,940 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mountain View or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Mountain View neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →