Photo: The original uploader was Antandrus at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.098% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Maricopa
1 acre is park or preserve, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Maricopa, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Maricopa?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Maricopa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Maricopa is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull 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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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Maricopa’s land. Who manages Maricopa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
The best walking months in Maricopa: 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 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 91 | 97 | 96 | 91 | 81 | 69 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 1.3 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Maricopa →
Questions about parks and trails in Maricopa
How much of Maricopa 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 Maricopa?
44,925 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maricopa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Maricopa have?
Ahead of 32% 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 Maricopa 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 →