Contreras Field (Yuma Aeromodelers)
Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Fortuna Foothills
More than half of Fortuna Foothills’ land is conserved: 54%
54% of Fortuna Foothills’ land is conserved, about 13,732 acres. 69 miles of mapped trail cross Fortuna Foothills, 1.7 per square mile of land. 6% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #90 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
Conserved land
54%
13,732 acres · of 40.1 sq mi of land
Trails
69 mi
1.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
21 ac
0.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Fortuna Foothills?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Fortuna Foothills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fortuna Foothills is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #90 of 140 in Arizona. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fortuna Foothills’ overall grade.
Conserved land54% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails1.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (69 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4APark land0.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (21 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home6% 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 55%
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Arizona towns of 2,500+ (140)Ahead of 36%
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Fortuna Foothills’ 54% is ahead of 87% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 73% 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Yuma Foothills Community Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
13,732 conserved acres
54% of Fortuna Foothills’ land. Who manages Fortuna Foothills’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management6,963 ac
State Department of Land6,777 ac
National Public Lands · 6,963 acState Resource Management Area · 6,777 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 6,963 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 6,777 | Restricted |
Things to do
3 places to go in Fortuna Foothills
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Fortuna Foothills
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Picnic areas in Fortuna Foothills
1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
3 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 32.3 mi
Fortuna Wash2.9 mi
South Avenue 12 East0.8 mi
Abandoned US 800.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & 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
9Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Fortuna Foothills
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 69 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 95 | 103 | 107 | 107 | 102 | 91 | 78 | 68 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 107 °F). 0.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 107 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fortuna Foothills →
Next door
Fortuna Foothills and its neighbors
Fortuna Foothills has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortuna Foothills | 54% | 1.7 | 1 | 6% | B− |
| Yuma | 10% | 0.4 | 5 | 72% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fortuna Foothills
How much of Fortuna Foothills is conserved land?
54% 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 Fortuna Foothills’ trails?
Contreras Field (Yuma Aeromodelers) and Yuma Foothills Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Fortuna Foothills?
46,687 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fortuna Foothills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7,017 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fortuna Foothills have?
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #90 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 Fortuna Foothills 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 →