Sand Hollow Wash Bridge · Photo: Kimberly Cazier · CC BY-SA 3.047% of Scenic’s land is conserved: 4,862 acres
38 miles of mapped trail cross Scenic, 2.3 per square mile of land. 9% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Scenic?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Scenic have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Scenic is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Scenic’s 47% is ahead of 81% 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
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4,862 conserved acres
47% of Scenic’s land. Who manages Scenic’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Strip Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 3,718 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 1,144 | Restricted |
1 named trail
0.0 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).
April is the best month for walking in Scenic
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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 91 | 102 | 107 | 105 | 97 | 84 | 70 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
June is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 107 °F). 0.8 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 107 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Scenic →
Questions about parks and trails in Scenic
How much of Scenic is conserved land?
47% 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 Scenic?
38,080 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Scenic or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,017 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Scenic have?
Ahead of 56% 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 Scenic 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 →