Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sun City has 85 acres of parks, 2.3 for every 1,000 residents
52% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.4 miles of mapped trail cross Sun City, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #130 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
How much outdoors does Sun City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sun City is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #130 of 140 in Arizona. Trail miles hold 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 Sun City’s 1% is ahead of 11% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 12% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
46 conserved acres
1% of Sun City’s land. Who manages Sun City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Recreation Center Local Park | Town or city | 27 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Mountain View Recreation Center Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
4 places to go in Sun City
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 scenic view without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 lakes & rivers
5.9 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). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Sun City
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 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 67 | 71 | 77 | 85 | 94 | 103 | 106 | 104 | 99 | 88 | 76 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 106 °F). 1.1 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 106 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sun City →
Sun City and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Sun City
How much of Sun City is conserved land?
1% 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 Sun City’s trails?
Peoria Avenue Park and 107th Avenue Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Sun City?
5.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 5.9 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Sun City?
12,385 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sun City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 85 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sun City have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #130 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 Sun City 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 →