Few parks or trails are on the map in Dexter
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Dexter yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Dexter have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dexter is behind most U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Water is 8% of Dexter’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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6 places to go in Dexter
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 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.
April is the best month for walking in Dexter
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 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 88 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 88 | 78 | 66 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and June the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 2.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dexter →
Questions about parks and trails in Dexter
How much of Dexter 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 Dexter?
52,120 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dexter or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dexter have?
Behind most 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 Dexter 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 →