Few parks or trails are on the map in Desert Edge
2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Desert Edge, 0.9 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #806 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Desert Edge?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Desert Edge have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Desert Edge is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #806 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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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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.
April is the best month for walking in Desert Edge
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) | 67 | 70 | 76 | 82 | 90 | 100 | 105 | 104 | 98 | 87 | 75 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 105 °F). 1.2 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 105 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Desert Edge →
Questions about parks and trails in Desert Edge
How much of Desert Edge is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Desert Edge?
34,911 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Desert Edge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Desert Edge have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #806 of 847 in California. 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 Desert Edge 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 →