Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.021% of Taylor’s land is conserved: 4,467 acres
19 miles of mapped trail cross Taylor, 0.6 per square mile of land. 38% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 34 acres are parks and preserves, 8.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns · #73 of 140 in Arizona. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Taylor?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Taylor have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Taylor is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns, #73 of 140 in Arizona. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Arizona towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Taylor’s 21% is ahead of 59% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% 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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4,467 conserved acres
21% of Taylor’s land. Who manages Taylor’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitgreaves National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 3,070 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 1,346 | Restricted |
| Tsylor Rodeo Park Local Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Safford Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 17 | Open |
| Freeman Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Taylor Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
1 places to go in Taylor
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
3 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.
4 places 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.
The best walking months in Taylor: 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) | 49 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 82 | 71 | 59 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
June is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 2.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Taylor →
Taylor and its neighbors
Taylor has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 21% | 0.6 | 8 | 38% | B |
| Snowflake | 17% | 0.8 | 2 | 49% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Taylor
How much of Taylor is conserved land?
21% 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 Taylor?
126,061 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Taylor or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3,158 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Taylor have?
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #73 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 Taylor 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 →