Western Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Parker
More than half of Parker’s land is conserved: 89%
89% of Parker’s land is conserved, about 12,449 acres. Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 3.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns · #64 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
Conserved land
89%
12,449 acres · of 22.0 sq mi of land
Trails
2.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
3.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Parker?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Parker have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Parker is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns, #64 of 140 in Arizona. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Parker’s overall grade.
Conserved land89% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land3.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (13 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 68%
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Arizona towns of 2,500+ (140)Ahead of 55%
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Parker’s 89% is ahead of 99% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Pop Harvey Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Parker Main Street Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
12,449 conserved acres
89% of Parker’s land. Who manages Parker’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management8,921 ac
State Department of Land3,544 ac
Town or city5 ac
National Public Lands · 8,921 acState Resource Management Area · 3,544 acLocal Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Havasu Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 8,921 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 3,544 | Restricted |
| Pop Harvey Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Western Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
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
1Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Parker JailBuilding · listed 1975
About itWhen to get out
The walking year in Parker
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 67 | 72 | 79 | 87 | 95 | 105 | 109 | 108 | 102 | 90 | 76 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 109 °F). 0.8 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 109 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Parker →
Questions about parks and trails in Parker
How much of Parker is conserved land?
89% 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 Parker’s trails?
Western Park and Pop Harvey Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Parker?
136,180 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Parker or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8,986 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Parker have?
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #64 of 140 in Arizona. 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 Parker 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 →