Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.014% of Dewey-Humboldt’s land is conserved: 1,656 acres
22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9.5 miles of mapped trail cross Dewey-Humboldt, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns · #114 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Dewey-Humboldt?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Dewey-Humboldt have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dewey-Humboldt is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns, #114 of 140 in Arizona. 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 Dewey-Humboldt’s 14% is ahead of 50% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 21% 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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1,656 conserved acres
14% of Dewey-Humboldt’s land. Who manages Dewey-Humboldt’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 1,651 | Restricted |
| Prescott National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 7 | Open |
2 places to go in Dewey-Humboldt
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 lakes & rivers
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Dewey-Humboldt: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 80 | 91 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 64 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
June is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 2.5 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dewey-Humboldt →
Dewey-Humboldt and its neighbors
Dewey-Humboldt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey-Humboldt | 14% | 0.5 | under 1 | 22% | C+ |
| Prescott Valley | 25% | 0.6 | 6 | 74% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Dewey-Humboldt
How much of Dewey-Humboldt is conserved land?
14% 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.
Is there public land near Dewey-Humboldt?
161,721 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dewey-Humboldt or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 757 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dewey-Humboldt have?
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #114 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 Dewey-Humboldt 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 →