Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie · CC BY 2.097% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Derby
4 acres are parks and preserves, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Derby, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns · #146 of 159 in Colorado. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Derby?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Derby have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Derby is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns, #146 of 159 in Colorado. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Derby’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
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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4 conserved acres
under 1% of Derby’s land. Who manages Derby’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County Greenway Local Conservation Area | County | 2 | Open |
| Urquidez-Centennial Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Derby
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
The best walking months in Derby: April to June
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 48 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 84 | 90 | 88 | 80 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 2.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Derby →
Derby and its neighbors
Derby has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | under 1% | 0.2 | under 1 | 97% | C |
| Commerce City | 4% | 0.7 | 29 | 97% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Derby
How much of Derby is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 7% for a Colorado town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Derby?
19,745 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Derby or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Derby have?
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #146 of 159 in Colorado. 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 Derby 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 →