Oracle State Park
Nature preserve
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Mammoth
More than half of Mammoth’s land is conserved: 78%
78% of Mammoth’s land is conserved, about 13,214 acres. 9,786 acres are parks and preserves, 8,217 per 1,000 residents. Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.
Among the top 1% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
78%
13,214 acres · of 26.3 sq mi of land
Trails
40 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
9,786 ac
8,217 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Mammoth?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mammoth have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mammoth is among the top 1% of U.S. towns. All four inputs put Mammoth near the top nationally; park acres per resident rank highest.
A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mammoth’s overall grade.
Conserved land78% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails1.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (40 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4APark land8,217 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9,786 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · AZ 56% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Among the top 1%
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Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Mammoth’s 78% is ahead of 98% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 66% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be 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.
Who protects it
13,214 conserved acres
78% of Mammoth’s land. Who manages Mammoth’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city12,362 ac
County9,721 ac
State parks1 ac
State Resource Management Area · 12,362 acLocal Conservation Area · 9,721 acState Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | Town or city | 12,362 | Restricted |
| Proposed Open Space Local Conservation Area | County | 9,721 | Open |
| Oracle State Park State Park | State parks | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Open to bikes · 6.0 miHorses · 6.2 miUnpaved · 6.4 mi
Arizona Trail6.2 mi
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.
Arizona TrailBike route
6.2 miCourts & fields
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Mammoth
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) | 60 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 87 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 90 | 81 | 69 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
June is the driest month (0.2 in) and the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 2.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mammoth →
Next door
Mammoth and its neighbors
Mammoth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth | 78% | 1.5 | 8,217 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Oracle | 49% | 1.8 | 571 | 36% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Mammoth
How much of Mammoth is conserved land?
78% 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 Mammoth’s trails?
Oracle State Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mammoth?
229,472 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mammoth or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9,806 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mammoth have?
Among the top 1% 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 Mammoth 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 →