Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Las Animas has 12 acres of parks, 4.9 for every 1,000 residents
2.7 miles of mapped trail cross Las Animas, 1.7 per square mile of land. 1% of Las Animas’ land is conserved, about 11 acres. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Las Animas?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Las Animas have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Las Animas is ahead of 49% 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 Las Animas’ 1% is ahead of 14% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 61% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
11 conserved acres
1% of Las Animas’ land. Who manages Las Animas’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Sonny Smith Ballfield Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| William F Howland Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in Las Animas
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Las Animas: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 90 | 94 | 92 | 85 | 71 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
February is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 2.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Las Animas →
Questions about parks and trails in Las Animas
How much of Las Animas is conserved land?
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.
Are dogs allowed on Las Animas’ trails?
Las Animas City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Las Animas?
2,331 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Las Animas or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Las Animas have?
Ahead of 49% 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 Las Animas 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 →