St. Johns City Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Isaacson Building · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0BOutdoors
Outdoors in St. Johns
15% of St. Johns’ land is conserved: 2,407 acres
51% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9.9 miles of mapped trail cross St. Johns, 0.4 per square mile of land. 37 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns · #76 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
Conserved land
15%
2,407 acres · of 25.9 sq mi of land
Trails
9.9 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
37 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is St. Johns?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does St. Johns have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, St. Johns is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns, #76 of 140 in Arizona. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of St. Johns’ overall grade.
Conserved land15% of the land · typical AZ town 14% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (10 mi) · AZ 1.1 · U.S. 0.4BPark land11 acres of park per 1,000 residents (37 acres) · AZ 8 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home51% of residents within a half mile of a park · AZ 56% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 61%
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Arizona towns of 2,500+ (140)Ahead of 46%
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so St. Johns’ 15% is ahead of 51% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 13% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
2,407 conserved acres
15% of St. Johns’ land. Who manages St. Johns’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State Department of Land1,764 ac
Bureau of Land Management565 ac
County42 ac
Town or city36 ac
State Resource Management Area · 1,764 acNational Public Lands · 565 acLocal Other or Unknown · 42 acLocal Recreation Area · 29 acLocal Park · 7 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 1,764 | Restricted |
| Safford Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 565 | Open |
| Loth429 Local Other or Unknown | County | 42 | Unknown |
| Patterson Ponds Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Lil League Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| St Johns City Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in St. Johns
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in St. Johns
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Old US 2600.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
4Tennis
3Baseball
3Football
2Basketball
1Soccer
1Softball
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Isaacson BuildingBuilding · listed 1983
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in St. Johns: 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 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 79 | 89 | 91 | 87 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
June is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 1.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. Johns →
Questions about parks and trails in St. Johns
How much of St. Johns is conserved land?
15% 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 St. Johns’ trails?
St. Johns City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near St. Johns?
21,169 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. Johns or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 602 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does St. Johns have?
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #76 of 140 in Arizona. 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 St. Johns neighbors.
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Sources
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 →