Queen Creek Bridge · Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Queen Valley’s land is conserved: 82%
82% of Queen Valley’s land is conserved, about 5,125 acres. 3,964 acres are parks and preserves, 3,546 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
What kind of outdoors town is Queen Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Queen Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Queen Valley is among the top 1% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, trail miles lowest.
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Queen Valley’s 82% is ahead of 99% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 54% 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
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5,125 conserved acres
82% of Queen Valley’s land. Who manages Queen Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 4,652 | Restricted |
| Proposed Open Space Local Conservation Area | County | 3,949 | Open |
| Lower Sonoran Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 424 | Open |
| Loth429 Local Other or Unknown | County | 115 | Unknown |
| Usbr Federal Other or Unknown | Bureau of Reclamation | 101 | Unknown |
| Tonto National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 8 | Open |
6 places to go in Queen Valley
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 peaks without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail and 4 lakes & rivers
April is the best month for walking in Queen Valley
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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 66 | 69 | 76 | 84 | 93 | 102 | 104 | 102 | 98 | 87 | 75 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
June is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 104 °F). 1.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 104 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Queen Valley →
Questions about parks and trails in Queen Valley
How much of Queen Valley is conserved land?
82% 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.
Is there public land near Queen Valley?
122,477 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Queen Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4,309 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Queen Valley 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 Queen Valley 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 →