First Mesa has 25 miles of mapped trails, 1.6 for every square mile of land
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in First Mesa yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is First Mesa?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does First Mesa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, First Mesa is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so First Mesa’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 69% 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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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.
The best walking months in First Mesa: 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 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 77 | 88 | 92 | 89 | 82 | 70 | 56 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
June is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 1.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in First Mesa →
Questions about parks and trails in First Mesa
How much of First Mesa is conserved land?
under 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.
How much outdoors does First Mesa have?
Ahead of 15% 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 First Mesa 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 →