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Outdoors in Dateland

Few parks or trails are on the map in Dateland

45% of Dateland’s land is conserved, about 6,379 acres. 17 miles of mapped trail cross Dateland, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
45%
6,379 acres · of 22.0 sq mi of land
Trails
17 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

6,379 conserved acres

45% of Dateland’s land. Who manages Dateland’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State Department of Land5,517 ac
Bureau of Land Management865 ac
State Resource Management Area · 5,517 acNational Public Lands · 865 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Trust Land
State Resource Management Area
State Department of Land5,517Restricted
Yuma Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management865Open
Trails & water

15 named trails

Named trails
Unpaved · 5.7 mi
Avenue 61 East2.8 mi
Old U.S. Route 80 (Abandoned)1.9 mi
Camino del Saguaro1.3 mi
Camino del Ocotillo1.0 mi
Camino del Este0.8 mi
Camino del Manzanita0.7 mi
Avenue 65E0.6 mi
Camino del Santo0.5 mi
Camino del Rojo0.4 mi
Camino del Vista0.4 mi
5 more trails
Camino del Estrella
0.4 mi
Camino del Madros
0.4 mi
Camino del Ranchos
0.4 mi
Camino del Norte
0.4 mi
Airport Boulevard
0.4 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
1Soccer
1Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The walking year in Dateland

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)10.211.011.913.013.814.314.113.412.311.310.410.0
High (°F)7074818896105108107102917968
Rain (in)0.50.80.20.10.00.00.40.40.40.40.30.4

May 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 Dateland →

Questions about parks and trails in Dateland

Is there public land near Dateland?

42,459 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dateland or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 871 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Dateland 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 →