Sacramento Escarpment Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Nature preserve
1,042 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: AllenS · Public domainCOutdoors
Outdoors in Boles Acres
24% of Boles Acres’ land is conserved: 1,873 acres
4.1 miles of mapped trail cross Boles Acres, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
24%
1,873 acres · of 12.2 sq mi of land
Trails
4.1 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Boles Acres?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Boles Acres have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Boles Acres is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Boles Acres’ overall grade.
Conserved land24% of the land · typical NM town 4% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · NM 0.9 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · NM 7 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · NM 67% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 30%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
1,873 conserved acres
24% of Boles Acres’ land. Who manages Boles Acres’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management1,822 ac
State land board33 ac
U.S. Forest Service18 ac
National Public Lands · 1,822 acState Resource Management Area · 33 acNational Forest · 18 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces District Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 1,822 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State land board | 33 | Open |
| Lincoln National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 18 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Mule Canyon Trail (114)0.2 mi
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Boles Acres
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 86 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 87 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
April is the driest month (0.3 in) and June the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 2.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Boles Acres →
Next door
Boles Acres and its neighbors
Boles Acres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boles Acres | 24% | 0.3 | under 1 | under 1% | C |
| Alamogordo | 4% | 0.7 | 11 | 79% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Boles Acres
How much of Boles Acres is conserved land?
24% 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 Boles Acres’ trails?
Sacramento Escarpment Area of Critical Environmental Concern doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Boles Acres?
143,481 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Boles Acres or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 833 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Boles Acres have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Boles Acres 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 →