Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ponderosa Park
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Ponderosa Park.
Ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ponderosa Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ponderosa Park is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Colorado towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 7%; the U.S., 4%), so Ponderosa Park’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Colorado towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% 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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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 Ponderosa Park: 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 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 45 | 52 | 58 | 67 | 79 | 85 | 82 | 75 | 62 | 51 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 2.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Ponderosa Park →
Ponderosa Park and its neighbors
Ponderosa Park 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa Park | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Elizabeth | 2% | 0.5 | 7 | 99% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ponderosa Park
How much of Ponderosa Park 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 Ponderosa Park?
6,268 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ponderosa Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ponderosa Park have?
Ahead of 2% 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 Ponderosa Park 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 →