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Southwest side of San Francisco Peaks (October 10, 2017) (37364879950)Photo: Coconino National Forest · Public domain
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Outdoors in Fort Valley

More than half of Fort Valley’s land is conserved: 88%

88% of Fort Valley’s land is conserved, about 40,841 acres. 241 miles of mapped trail cross Fort Valley, 3.3 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Coconino National Forest (231.2 mi).

Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
88%
40,841 acres · of 72.5 sq mi of land
Trails
241 mi
3.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
18%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
5.2 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 0.7 mi paths
Highest peak
9,160 ft
Hochderffer Hills
Lakes & rivers
29

What kind of outdoors town is Fort Valley?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Land that stays wild88% of the land is conserved; a typical Arizona town, 14%.A trail town3.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 98% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Fort Valley have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Valley is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fort Valley’s overall grade.
Conserved land88% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails3.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (241 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land0.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home18% of residents within a half mile of a park · AZ 56% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 60%
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Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Fort Valley’s 88% is ahead of 99% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 92% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. 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.

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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 Coconino National Forest, with 231.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Coconino National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
40,836 acres231.2 mi of trail
Arizona Trail-Fort ValleyBabbittBig BangBrookbank Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Moto Trail
Who protects it

40,841 conserved acres

88% of Fort Valley’s land. Who manages Fort Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service40,838 ac
State Department of Land4 ac
National Forest · 40,838 acState Resource Management Area · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Coconino National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service40,838Open
State Trust Land
State Resource Management Area
State Department of Land4Restricted
Things to do

12 places to go in Fort Valley

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Fort Valley
Hochderffer Hills9,160 ft elevation · In Coconino National Forest
Directions
East Dry Lake Hill8,842 ft elevation · In Coconino National Forest
Directions
West Dry Lake Hill8,747 ft elevation · In Coconino National Forest
Directions
Little Wing Mountain7,703 ft elevation · In Coconino National Forest
Directions
McMillan Mesa
Directions
Observatory MesaIn Coconino National Forest
Directions

Plus 2 peaks without a name on the map.

Trails & water

25 named trails and 29 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 56.8 miHorses · 52.1 miUnpaved · 104.2 mi
Arizona Trail-Fort Valley4.9 mi
Babbitt4.6 mi
Big Bang4.4 mi
Brookbank Trail4.2 mi
Rocky Moto Trail3.9 mi
Moto Trail3.7 mi
Broadside3.2 mi
Thunder3.1 mi
Arizona Trail-Schultz Creek2.7 mi
Sunset Trail2.7 mi
15 more trails
Dog Trail
2.6 mi
Lava
2.6 mi
Wind
2.2 mi
Goshawk
2.0 mi
Taawa
1.9 mi
Arizona Trail-Rocky Ridge
1.9 mi
FR 668D
1.6 mi
Dog Food Trail
1.6 mi
MeteoRide Trail
1.5 mi
FR 9007P
1.5 mi
Dipper
1.4 mi
SWELL
1.4 mi
Wapiti
1.4 mi
Volcano
1.4 mi
Schultz Creek Trail
1.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
A-One TankreservoirAckel TankreservoirAspen TankBadger TankBradley TankCabin Flat TanksreservoirCrater LakelakeDeer TankreservoirDry TankreservoirEast Wing TankreservoirElk TankreservoirFlat TankreservoirGeyler TankreservoirGrand Canyon TankreservoirHart Prairie TankreservoirJohnson TankreservoirKendrick Park TankreservoirKendrick TankreservoirLanding Strip TankreservoirLe Barron TankreservoirLittle Horse TankOne Eight TankreservoirSchultz TankSecelid TankreservoirSouth Crater TankreservoirTaylor TankTwin TanksTwo TanksreservoirWalker Lake
Biking & sports

5.2 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.4 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
4.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Arizona TrailBike route
13.1 mi
Coconino LoopBike route
10.8 mi
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
USFS Fort Valley Experimental Forest Station Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2001
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Fort Valley: May and June

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)10.010.911.913.014.014.514.313.512.311.210.29.8
High (°F)394046526172757267574638
Rain (in)2.72.62.41.20.90.43.03.52.01.61.72.3

June is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 75 °F). 3.5 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Fort Valley →

Next door

Fort Valley and its neighbors

Fort Valley has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Flagstaff329 miFort Valley241 miBellemont24 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Fort Valley88%3.3under 118%B
Flagstaff52%5.01686%A
Bellemont83%2.7198%A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Fort Valley

Where can I hike in Fort Valley?

The longest trail networks: Coconino National Forest, 231.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Fort Valley is conserved land?

88% 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 Fort Valley’s trails?

Coconino National Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Fort Valley?

5.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of painted or protected lanes, 0.7 of off-road paths and 4.1 of shoulders and shared lanes. Named routes: Arizona Trail and Coconino Loop.

Is there public land near Fort Valley?

371,713 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 33,899 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Fort Valley have?

Ahead of 60% 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 Fort Valley 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 →