Los Alamos Park
Park
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: NHRHS2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Los Alamos
Los Alamos has 52 acres of parks, 44 for every 1,000 residents
9% of Los Alamos’ land is conserved, about 54 acres. 86% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
9%
54 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
52 ac
44 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
86%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.2 mi lanes
What kind of outdoors town is Los Alamos?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Los Alamos have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Los Alamos is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Los Alamos’ overall grade.
Conserved land9% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4DPark land44 acres of park per 1,000 residents (52 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home86% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 60%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Los Alamos. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
54 conserved acres
9% of Los Alamos’ land. Who manages Los Alamos’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County50 ac
Regional agency4 ac
Local Park · 50 acLocal Historic or Cultural Area · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Alamos Park Local Park | County | 50 | Open |
| Los Alamos Cemetery Local Historic or Cultural Area | Regional agency | 4 | Open |
| Ferini Park Local Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Los Alamos
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Los Alamos
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.2 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
When to get out
The best walking months in Los Alamos: April to August
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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 65 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
August is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.9 inches fall in February, the wettest month. The climate in Los Alamos →
Questions about parks and trails in Los Alamos
How much of Los Alamos is conserved land?
9% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Los Alamos’ trails?
Los Alamos Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Los Alamos?
0.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.2 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Los Alamos?
4,330 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Los Alamos or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 52 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Los Alamos have?
Ahead of 60% 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 Los Alamos 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 →