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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Fredonia

More than half of Fredonia’s land is conserved: 50%

50% of Fredonia’s land is conserved, about 2,827 acres. 18 miles of mapped trail cross Fredonia, 2.0 per square mile of land. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.7 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
50%
2,827 acres · of 8.9 sq mi of land
Trails
18 mi
2.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
1.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
48%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
4,941 ft
Cowboy Butte
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Fredonia?

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

Land that stays wild50% of the land is conserved; a typical Arizona town, 14%.A trail town2.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 93% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Fredonia have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fredonia is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fredonia’s overall grade.
Conserved land50% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails2.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (18 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4APark land1.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home48% 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 69%
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Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Fredonia’s 50% is ahead of 83% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 78% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− 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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Fredonia City Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

2,827 conserved acres

50% of Fredonia’s land. Who manages Fredonia’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State Department of Land2,826 ac
U.S. Forest Service1 ac
Bureau of Land Management1 ac
State Resource Management Area · 2,826 acNational Forest · 1 acNational Public Lands · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Trust Land
State Resource Management Area
State Department of Land2,826Restricted
Kaibab National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service1Open
Arizona Strip Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management1Open
Things to do

6 places to go in Fredonia

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

Peaks in Fredonia
Cowboy Butte4,941 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Kanab Creek
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
5Baseball
2Basketball
1Softball
1Equestrian

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Fredonia: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.910.811.913.114.114.714.513.612.411.210.19.6
High (°F)485462697991959285725947
Rain (in)1.41.51.20.70.50.31.11.31.11.20.81.1

June is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 1.5 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fredonia →

Questions about parks and trails in Fredonia

How much of Fredonia is conserved land?

50% 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 Fredonia’s trails?

Fredonia City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Fredonia?

130,855 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fredonia or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Fredonia have?

Ahead of 69% 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 Fredonia neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →