46% of Beaver Dam’s land is conserved: 2,497 acres
15 miles of mapped trail cross Beaver Dam, 1.8 per square mile of land. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.8 per 1,000 residents. 10% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Beaver Dam?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Beaver Dam have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Beaver Dam is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Beaver Dam’s 46% is ahead of 81% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 76% of them.
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
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2,497 conserved acres
46% of Beaver Dam’s land. Who manages Beaver Dam’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Strip Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 2,469 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 28 | Restricted |
1 places to go in Beaver Dam
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail
0.4 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.
April is the best month for walking in Beaver Dam
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 91 | 101 | 107 | 105 | 97 | 84 | 69 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
June is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 107 °F). 1.1 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 107 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Beaver Dam →
Beaver Dam and its neighbors
Beaver Dam has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam | 46% | 1.8 | 1 | 10% | B |
| Littlefield | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Beaver Dam
How much of Beaver Dam is conserved land?
46% of its land, against a typical 14% for an Arizona town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Where can I bike in Beaver Dam?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Beaver Dam?
31,935 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Beaver Dam or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 590 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Beaver Dam have?
Ahead of 56% 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 Beaver Dam 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 →