Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area
Managed by BLM
6,427 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bouse
More than half of Bouse’s land is conserved: 92%
92% of Bouse’s land is conserved, about 80,566 acres. 38 acres are parks and preserves, 32 per 1,000 residents. 81 miles of mapped trail cross Bouse, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
92%
80,566 acres · of 136.2 sq mi of land
Trails
81 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
38 ac
32 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
42%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Bouse?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bouse have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bouse is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bouse’s overall grade.
Conserved land92% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (81 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land32 acres of park per 1,000 residents (38 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home42% of residents within a half mile of a park · AZ 56% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 80%
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Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Bouse’s 92% is ahead of 99% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Bouse Community Park
Managed by La Paz County
36 acres0.1 mi of trail
Old State Route 95
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Camp Bouse
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
80,566 conserved acres
92% of Bouse’s land. Who manages Bouse’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management78,015 ac
State Department of Land2,599 ac
National Public Lands · 78,015 acState Resource Management Area · 2,599 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 75,241 | Open |
| Yuma Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 2,774 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 2,599 | Restricted |
Things to do
4 places to go in Bouse
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Bouse
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Campgrounds in Bouse
Bouse - Plomosa RdBLM
DirectionsBouse Community Park CampgroundFee · In Bouse Community Park · La Paz County
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Unpaved · 67.5 mi
Old State Route 955.9 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Bouse
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 66 | 71 | 78 | 86 | 95 | 104 | 108 | 107 | 101 | 89 | 76 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 108 °F). 0.8 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 108 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bouse →
Next door
Bouse and its neighbors
Bouse has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouse | 92% | 0.6 | 32 | 42% | A− |
| Utting | — 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 Bouse
Where can I hike in Bouse?
The longest trail networks: Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area, 0.2 miles; Bouse Community Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bouse is conserved land?
92% 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 Bouse’s trails?
Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area and Bouse Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bouse?
423,413 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bouse or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 71,706 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bouse have?
Ahead of 80% 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 Bouse neighbors.
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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 →