Few parks or trails are on the map in Black Rock
1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Black Rock, 1.0 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Black Rock?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Black Rock have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Black Rock is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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.
4 places to go in Black Rock
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
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 Black Rock: 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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 76 | 87 | 89 | 86 | 81 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
June is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 1.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Black Rock →
Black Rock and its neighbors
Black Rock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock | under 1% | 1.0 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Zuni Pueblo | under 1% | 1.1 | 1 | 44% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Black Rock
How much of Black Rock 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.
Is there public land near Black Rock?
12,325 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Black Rock or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Black Rock have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Black Rock 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 →