St. Joseph Bridge · Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.017% of Joseph City’s land is conserved: 790 acres
6.3 miles of mapped trail cross Joseph City, 0.9 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Joseph City?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Joseph City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Joseph City is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds 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 Joseph City’s 17% is ahead of 54% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% 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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790 conserved acres
17% of Joseph City’s land. Who manages Joseph City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safford Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 485 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 305 | Restricted |
1 places to go in Joseph City
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
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.
The best walking months in Joseph City: 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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 81 | 91 | 94 | 91 | 85 | 74 | 60 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
June is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 1.5 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Joseph City →
Questions about parks and trails in Joseph City
How much of Joseph City is conserved land?
17% 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.
Is there public land near Joseph City?
20,180 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Joseph City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Joseph City have?
Ahead of 37% 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 Joseph City 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 →