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Rockvale, ColoradoPhoto: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Rockvale

Few parks or trails are on the map in Rockvale

3 acres are parks and preserves, 3.9 per 1,000 residents. 3.0 miles of mapped trail cross Rockvale, 1.5 per square mile of land. 81% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
6 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
3.0 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
3.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
81%
of residents within ½ mile
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

6 conserved acres

under 1% of Rockvale’s land. Who manages Rockvale’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board3 ac
Town or city2 ac
State Resource Management Area · 3 acLocal Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Colorado State Land Board State Land Board
State Resource Management Area
State land board3Closed
Unknown Ball Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Husky Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
South Ridge0.2 mi
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Rockvale: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)485059657586908780695647
Rain (in)0.50.61.21.81.71.21.91.91.01.00.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 1.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rockvale →

Next door

Rockvale and its neighbors

Rockvale has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Rockvale— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Williamsburg— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Rockvale

Is there public land near Rockvale?

18,873 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rockvale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Rockvale 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 →