Photo: The original uploader was Tillman at English Wikipedia. · CC BY 2.0Douglas has 7.5 miles of mapped trails, 0.8 for every square mile of land
72 acres are parks and preserves, 4.5 per 1,000 residents. 64% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns · #113 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Douglas?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Douglas have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Douglas is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns, #113 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 Douglas’ 1% is ahead of 15% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 35% 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 Fifth Street Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Airport Park
Raul Castro Park
57 conserved acres
1% of Douglas’ land. Who manages Douglas’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8Th Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 26 | Open |
| 15Th Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Tenth Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Douglas City Recreation Center Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 1 | Restricted |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
5 places to go in Douglas
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
11 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Douglas
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) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 80 | 88 | 97 | 94 | 93 | 90 | 82 | 72 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
April is the driest month (0.1 in) and June the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 3.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Douglas →
Questions about parks and trails in Douglas
Where can I hike in Douglas?
The longest trail networks: Fifth Street Park, 0.4 miles; Raul Castro Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Douglas is conserved land?
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 Douglas’ trails?
Fifth Street Park and Airport Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Douglas?
4,496 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Douglas or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 72 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Douglas have?
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #113 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 Douglas 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 →