Photo: Midnight Believer · CC BY-SA 2.0More than half of Springerville’s land is conserved: 53%
53% of Springerville’s land is conserved, about 3,922 acres. 844 acres are parks and preserves, 420 per 1,000 residents. 7.2 miles of mapped trail cross Springerville, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Springerville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Springerville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Springerville is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Springerville’s 53% is ahead of 86% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 28% 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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3,922 conserved acres
53% of Springerville’s land. Who manages Springerville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 3,083 | Restricted |
| Becker Lake Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 632 | Open |
| Wenima Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 201 | Open |
| Unknown Fields Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Springerville Marsh Wildlife Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 3 | Open |
2 places to go in Springerville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
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 Springerville: April to July
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) | 49 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 79 | 69 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
April is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 2.7 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Springerville →
Springerville and its neighbors
Springerville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springerville | 53% | 0.6 | 420 | 78% | A |
| Eagar | 10% | 0.2 | 17 | 34% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Springerville
How much of Springerville is conserved land?
53% 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 Springerville?
101,176 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Springerville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 844 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Springerville have?
Ahead of 94% 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 Springerville 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 →