The image below is a likely scenario should the growth trend continue, and no new planning guidelines or tools are implemented. This image illustrates the potential addition of as many as 4000 new homes within the study area by 2027. The development pattern assumes the ongoing conventional low-density rural growth pattern in the valley - large lot subdivisions with single family homes spread relatively evenly across the valley as predicted by the Land Use/Land Cover Prediction System. Existing subdivisions are shown in black, projected in red.
Map of Park County, Montana, with study area outlined in orange, and aerial photograph at right outlined in white.