Photo: Gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.033% of Tombstone’s land is conserved: 1,986 acres
19 miles of mapped trail cross Tombstone, 2.0 per square mile of land. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 4.6 per 1,000 residents. 35% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Tombstone?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Tombstone have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tombstone is ahead of 69% 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 Tombstone’s 33% is ahead of 70% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 79% 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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1,986 conserved acres
33% of Tombstone’s land. Who manages Tombstone’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 | 1,982 | Restricted |
| Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park State Park | State parks | 4 | Open |
7 places to go in Tombstone
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail
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.
5 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 4 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Tombstone
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 86 | 95 | 93 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 70 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
May is the driest month (0.2 in) and June the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 3.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tombstone →
Questions about parks and trails in Tombstone
How much of Tombstone is conserved land?
33% 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 Tombstone?
26,174 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tombstone or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 941 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Tombstone have?
Ahead of 69% 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 Tombstone 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 →