Coconino National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
5,524 acres40.1 mi of trail
FR 9419UForest Service Road 762FS Road 707Priest Draw+1
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Judith Arsenault · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Mountainaire
More than half of Mountainaire’s land is conserved: 85%
85% of Mountainaire’s land is conserved, about 5,524 acres. 41 miles of mapped trail cross Mountainaire, 4.0 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Coconino National Forest (40.1 mi).
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
85%
5,524 acres · of 10.2 sq mi of land
Trails
41 mi
4.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
2%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
What kind of outdoors town is Mountainaire?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mountainaire have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mountainaire is ahead of 54% 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 Mountainaire’s overall grade.
Conserved land85% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails4.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (41 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home2% 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 54%
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Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Mountainaire’s 85% is ahead of 99% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% 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
The longest trail network is Coconino National Forest, with 40.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
5,524 conserved acres
85% of Mountainaire’s land. Who manages Mountainaire’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service5,524 ac
National Forest · 5,524 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coconino National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 5,524 | Open |
Trails & water
10 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.6 miHorses · 1.6 miUnpaved · 19.3 mi
FR 9419U2.1 mi
Forest Service Road 7622.0 mi
FS Road 7071.9 mi
Priest Draw1.4 mi
Forest Service Road 3n1.3 mi
FR 2350.8 mi
Forest Service Road 8670.6 mi
Forest Service Road 00003E0.5 mi
Elkhorn Trail0.2 mi
Forest Service Road 762L (cutoff)0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Mountainaire: April to July
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) | 45 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
June is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Mountainaire →
Next door
Mountainaire and its neighbors
Mountainaire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainaire | 85% | 4.0 | under 1 | 2% | B− |
| Kachina Village | 16% | 1.3 | 23 | 99%+ | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Mountainaire
Where can I hike in Mountainaire?
The longest trail networks: Coconino National Forest, 40.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Mountainaire is conserved land?
85% 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 Mountainaire’s trails?
Coconino National Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mountainaire?
180,124 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mountainaire or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5,539 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mountainaire have?
Ahead of 54% 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 Mountainaire 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 →