Photo: Chad Johnson · CC BY 2.0Bisbee has 11 miles of mapped trails, 2.2 for every square mile of land
20 acres are parks and preserves, 4.1 per 1,000 residents. 78% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns · #106 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bisbee?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Bisbee have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bisbee is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns, #106 of 140 in Arizona. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Bisbee’s under 1% is ahead of 7% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 81% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is City Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Garfield Park
4 conserved acres
under 1% of Bisbee’s land. Who manages Bisbee’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
9 places to go in Bisbee
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Plus 1 scenic view without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 named trails
0.0 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.
10 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Bisbee: April and May
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 63 | 69 | 76 | 84 | 93 | 90 | 89 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
May is the driest month (0.2 in) and June the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 3.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bisbee →
Questions about parks and trails in Bisbee
Where can I hike in Bisbee?
The longest trail networks: City Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bisbee is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Bisbee’s trails?
City Park and Garfield Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bisbee?
31,330 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bisbee or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bisbee have?
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #106 of 140 in Arizona. 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 Bisbee 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 →