El Santuario de Chimayo · Photo: Andrea Stawitcke · CC BY 2.545% of Chimayo’s land is conserved: 2,245 acres
8 acres are parks and preserves, 3.3 per 1,000 residents. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.8 miles of mapped trail cross Chimayo, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Chimayo?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Chimayo have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chimayo is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull 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
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2,245 conserved acres
45% of Chimayo’s land. Who manages Chimayo’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taos Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 2,137 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State land board | 63 | Open |
| Los Potreros Local Recreation Area | County | 39 | Open |
| Rio Arriba Community Center Local Park | County | 4 | Open |
| Chimayo Detention Pond Private Other or Unknown | County | 1 | Closed |
1 places to go in Chimayo
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 named trails and 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.
2 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Chimayo: April to 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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 86 | 88 | 85 | 79 | 68 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 2.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Chimayo →
Chimayo and its neighbors
Chimayo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimayo | 45% | 0.5 | 3 | 27% | B− |
| La Puebla | — 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 Chimayo
How much of Chimayo is conserved land?
45% 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 Chimayo?
98,664 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chimayo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,227 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Chimayo have?
Ahead of 53% 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 Chimayo 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 →