Few parks or trails are on the map in Spring Valley
27% of Spring Valley’s land is conserved, about 177 acres. 86% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Spring Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Spring Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spring Valley is ahead of 59% 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 Spring Valley’s 27% is ahead of 61% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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177 conserved acres
27% of Spring Valley’s land. Who manages Spring 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 1 of 2 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 | 97 | Restricted |
| Loth429 Local Other or Unknown | County | 80 | Unknown |
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.
The best walking months in Spring Valley: April and May
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) | 58 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 83 | 93 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 78 | 67 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
June is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 2.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spring Valley →
Questions about parks and trails in Spring Valley
How much of Spring Valley is conserved land?
27% 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 Spring Valley?
127,891 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Spring Valley have?
Ahead of 59% 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 Spring 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 →