Corduroy Creek Bridge · Photo: Clayton B. Fraser · Public domainWagon Wheel has 9.8 miles of mapped trails, 3.9 for every square mile of land
24% of Wagon Wheel’s land is conserved, about 387 acres.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Wagon Wheel?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Wagon Wheel have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wagon Wheel is ahead of 48% 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 Wagon Wheel’s 24% is ahead of 59% of Arizona towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% 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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387 conserved acres
24% of Wagon Wheel’s land. Who manages Wagon Wheel’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 | 387 | Open |
13 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers
3 more trails
The best walking months in Wagon Wheel: April to July
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 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 84 | 85 | 82 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
June is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Wagon Wheel →
Wagon Wheel and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagon Wheel | 24% | 3.9 | under 1 | under 1% | B− |
| Show Low | 66% | 1.5 | 7 | 56% | A− |
| Pinetop-Lakeside | 39% | 1.5 | 41 | 66% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Wagon Wheel
How much of Wagon Wheel is conserved land?
24% 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 Wagon Wheel?
103,178 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wagon Wheel or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 390 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wagon Wheel have?
Ahead of 48% 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 Wagon Wheel 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 →