Mount Tipton Wilderness
Managed by BLM
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Dolan Springs
Dolan Springs has 303 miles of mapped trails, 5.2 for every square mile of land
9% of Dolan Springs’ land is conserved, about 3,267 acres.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
9%
3,267 acres · of 58.1 sq mi of land
Trails
303 mi
5.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Dolan Springs?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Dolan Springs have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dolan Springs is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dolan Springs’ overall grade.
Conserved land9% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%B+Trails5.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (303 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · AZ 56% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 41%
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Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Dolan Springs’ 9% is ahead of 38% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 99% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. 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 Mount Tipton Wilderness, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
3,267 conserved acres
9% of Dolan Springs’ land. Who manages Dolan Springs’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State Department of Land3,267 ac
State Resource Management Area · 3,267 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 3,267 | Restricted |
Things to do
3 places to go in Dolan Springs
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Dolan Springs
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
12 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 9.0 mi
Taylor Canyon2.7 mi
Cobb Drive West1.0 mi
Palo Vorde1.0 mi
Cobb Drive East0.7 mi
Palo Alto0.5 mi
Pale Alto0.5 mi
Lomila0.2 mi
14th Place0.1 mi
15th Trail0.1 mi
14th Court0.1 mi
2 more trails
14th Trail
0.1 mi15th Place
0.1 miBiking & 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
1Equestrian
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Dolan Springs: 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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 83 | 94 | 98 | 97 | 90 | 78 | 65 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
June is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 1.1 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dolan Springs →
Questions about parks and trails in Dolan Springs
Where can I hike in Dolan Springs?
The longest trail networks: Mount Tipton Wilderness, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Dolan Springs is conserved land?
9% 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 Dolan Springs’ trails?
Mount Tipton Wilderness doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dolan Springs?
237,742 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dolan Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9,007 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dolan Springs have?
Ahead of 41% 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 Dolan Springs 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 →