Photo: Gordon Leggett · CC BY 4.0More than half of Quartzsite’s land is conserved: 88%
88% of Quartzsite’s land is conserved, about 20,457 acres. 86 miles of mapped trail cross Quartzsite, 2.4 per square mile of land. 19% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Quartzsite?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Quartzsite have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Quartzsite is ahead of 74% 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 Quartzsite’s 88% is ahead of 99% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
20,457 conserved acres
88% of Quartzsite’s land. Who manages Quartzsite’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 20,070 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 395 | Restricted |
| Quartzsite Town Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
10 places to go in Quartzsite
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers
4.8 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 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Quartzsite
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 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 67 | 71 | 78 | 86 | 95 | 104 | 108 | 107 | 101 | 89 | 76 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 108 °F). 0.7 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 108 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Quartzsite →
Quartzsite and its neighbors
Quartzsite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartzsite | 88% | 2.4 | 10 | 19% | B+ |
| La Paz Valley | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Quartzsite
How much of Quartzsite is conserved land?
88% 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 Quartzsite’s trails?
Quartzsite Town Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Quartzsite?
4.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.9 of off-road paths and 2.9 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Quartzsite?
259,966 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Quartzsite or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20,179 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Quartzsite have?
Ahead of 74% 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 Quartzsite 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 →