County Ball fields
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
North Central Avenue Streetscape Historic District · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Morenci
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Morenci
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Morenci, 1.0 per square mile of land. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 5.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
8 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
5.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Morenci?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Morenci have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Morenci is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Morenci’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%CTrails1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land5.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13CParks 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)Ahead of 65%
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Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Morenci’s 1% is ahead of 17% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 45% 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.
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
8 conserved acres
1% of Morenci’s land. Who manages Morenci’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners5 ac
County4 ac
Local Park · 8 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Park Local Park | County | 4 | Open |
| Fairbanks Road Park Local Park | Private owners | 3 | Open |
| Degrazia Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Indian Village0.2 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.
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Skate park
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 Morenci
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 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 97 | 97 | 94 | 89 | 80 | 67 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
April is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 2.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Morenci →
Next door
Morenci and its neighbors
Morenci has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morenci | 1% | 1.0 | 5 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Clifton | 55% | 1.1 | 6 | 93% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Morenci
How much of Morenci is conserved land?
1% 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 Morenci’s trails?
County Ball fields and Degrazia Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Morenci?
69,467 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Morenci or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Morenci have?
Ahead of 65% 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 Morenci 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 →