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Outdoors in Wheatfields

More than half of Wheatfields’ land is conserved: 56%

56% of Wheatfields’ land is conserved, about 2,903 acres. 9.6 miles of mapped trail cross Wheatfields, 1.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
56%
2,903 acres · of 8.1 sq mi of land
Trails
9.6 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
4,049 ft
Bull Hill
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

2,903 conserved acres

56% of Wheatfields’ land. Who manages Wheatfields’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service2,888 ac
Bureau of Land Management15 ac
National Forest · 2,888 acNational Public Lands · 15 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tonto National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service2,888Open
Lower Sonoran Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management15Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Wheatfields

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Wheatfields
Bull Hill4,049 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

2 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 6.8 mi
King's Canyon3.7 mi
Forest Road 26160.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Wheatfields

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.210.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.49.9
High (°F)606370788797999792826959
Rain (in)1.81.81.30.40.40.22.02.11.21.01.01.6

June is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 99 °F). 2.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 99 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wheatfields →

Questions about parks and trails in Wheatfields

Is there public land near Wheatfields?

231,859 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wheatfields or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,924 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wheatfields neighbors.

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Sources

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 →