Vivian Fields
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Belen Hotel · Photo: AzaniahT · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Belen
Belen has 19 acres of parks, 2.5 for every 1,000 residents
4.9 miles of mapped trail cross Belen, 0.3 per square mile of land. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns · #64 of 73 in New Mexico. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 19.1 sq mi of land
Trails
4.9 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
19 ac
2.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
63%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Belen?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Belen have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Belen is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #64 of 73 in New Mexico. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Belen’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NM town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · NM 0.9 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land2.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (19 acres) · NM 7 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home63% of residents within a half mile of a park · NM 67% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 21%
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New Mexico towns of 2,500+ (73)Ahead of 12%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Belen. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Anna Becker Park
Managed by Belen
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Jose Gallegos Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Rosedale Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Belen’s land. Who manages Belen’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city2 ac
Local Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Becker Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
10 places to go in Belen
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Belen
1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Playgrounds in Belen
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Cielo Azul0.1 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
13Baseball
11Basketball
10Tennis
4Soccer
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Belen: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 82 | 92 | 93 | 90 | 84 | 73 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 1.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Belen →
Next door
Belen and its neighbors
Belen has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belen | under 1% | 0.3 | 2 | 63% | C− |
| Sausal | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Los Chaves | under 1% | 0.8 | under 1 | 1% | D |
| Jarales | 6% | under 0.1 | 114 | 27% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Belen
How much of Belen is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a New Mexico town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Belen’s trails?
Vivian Fields and Anna Becker Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Belen?
19,785 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belen or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Belen have?
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #64 of 73 in New Mexico. 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 Belen neighbors.
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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 →