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1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Dotsero, 1.0 per square mile of land. 70% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Dotsero?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Dotsero have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dotsero is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold 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 Dotsero’s 8% is ahead of 55% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 33% of them.
Water is 13% of Dotsero’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 7%.
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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70 conserved acres
8% of Dotsero’s land. Water is left out: Dotsero has 1.4 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Dotsero’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 62 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dotsero Landing Recreation Site Local Other or Unknown | County | 8 | Open |
3 places to go in Dotsero
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.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail and 3 lakes & rivers
2.1 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 Dotsero: May, June and 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) | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 70 | 81 | 87 | 85 | 77 | 63 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
June is the driest month (0.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 1.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dotsero →
Questions about parks and trails in Dotsero
How much of Dotsero is conserved land?
8% 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.
Where can I bike in Dotsero?
2.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Dotsero?
139,018 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dotsero or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 161 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dotsero have?
Ahead of 56% 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 Dotsero 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 →