Roy Wilson Community Center
Managed by Riverside County
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde has 8.2 miles of mapped trails, 1.9 for every square mile of land
89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 1.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.3 sq mi of land
Trails
8.2 mi
1.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
1.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Mesa Verde?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mesa Verde have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mesa Verde is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mesa Verde’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails1.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4APark land1.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home89% 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 43%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B+. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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.
When to get out
The walking year in Mesa Verde
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 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 68 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 96 | 105 | 109 | 108 | 102 | 90 | 77 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 109 °F). 0.6 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 109 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mesa Verde →
Questions about parks and trails in Mesa Verde
How much of Mesa Verde 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.
Are dogs allowed on Mesa Verde’s trails?
Roy Wilson Community Center doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mesa Verde?
72,560 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mesa Verde or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 572 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mesa Verde have?
Ahead of 43% 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 Mesa Verde 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 →