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Outdoors in Maysville

More than half of Maysville’s land is conserved: 71%

71% of Maysville’s land is conserved, about 5,618 acres. 11 miles of mapped trail cross Maysville, 0.9 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
71%
5,618 acres · of 12.4 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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
Who protects it

5,618 conserved acres

71% of Maysville’s land. Who manages Maysville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service5,614 ac
Private owners4 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits4 ac
National Forest · 5,614 acConservation Easement · 8 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
San Isabel National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service5,614Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Maysville

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Maysville

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

3 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.8 miHorses · 0.7 miUnpaved · 3.4 mi
Colorado Trail (Segment 15)0.5 mi
Monarch Branch0.3 mi
Colorado Trail (Segment 14)0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Maysville SchoolBuilding · listed 1999
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Maysville: June to 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.214.314.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)313442485869737165534031
Rain (in)0.70.71.11.41.10.71.71.91.21.10.70.8

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 73 °F). 1.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Maysville →

Questions about parks and trails in Maysville

Is there public land near Maysville?

135,443 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maysville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,645 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Maysville neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →