Photo: TheNewMexicoPost · CC BY-SA 4.0Corrales has 52 miles of mapped trails, 4.8 for every square mile of land
5 acres are parks and preserves, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 34% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns · #53 of 73 in New Mexico. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Corrales?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Corrales have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Corrales is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #53 of 73 in New Mexico. Trail miles hold 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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36 conserved acres
1% of Corrales’ land. Who manages Corrales’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 35 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda Trail Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
9 places to go in Corrales
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
4 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers
5.5 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Corrales: 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) | 50 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 81 | 92 | 93 | 90 | 84 | 73 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
February is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 1.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Corrales →
Corrales and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrales | 1% | 4.8 | 1 | 34% | C |
| Rio Rancho | 4% | 3.2 | 7 | 86% | B+ |
| Albuquerque | 16% | 1.7 | 19 | 99% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Corrales
How much of Corrales is conserved land?
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.
Where can I bike in Corrales?
5.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 5.1 of painted or protected lanes and 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Corrales?
23,403 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Corrales or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Corrales have?
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #53 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 Corrales 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 →