Valle Vista has 17 miles of mapped trails, 1.5 for every square mile of land
11% of Valle Vista’s land is conserved, about 843 acres.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Valle Vista?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Valle Vista have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Valle Vista is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold 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 Valle Vista’s 11% is ahead of 41% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% 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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843 conserved acres
11% of Valle Vista’s land. Who manages Valle Vista’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 | 843 | Restricted |
1 named trail
The best walking months in Valle Vista: 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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 84 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 91 | 79 | 67 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
June is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 99 °F). 1.1 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 99 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Valle Vista →
Questions about parks and trails in Valle Vista
How much of Valle Vista is conserved land?
11% 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 Valle Vista?
70,819 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Valle Vista or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Valle Vista have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Valle Vista 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 →