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Hernandez, NM 2006. After Ansel Adams. Sort ofPhoto: Ben from Talmo, GA, US · CC BY-SA 2.0
–Not graded
Outdoors in Hernandez

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hernandez

3% of Hernandez’s land is conserved, about 33 acres. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Hernandez, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
3%
33 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

33 conserved acres

3% of Hernandez’s land. Who manages Hernandez’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Bureau of Land Management33 ac
National Public Lands · 33 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Taos Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management33Open
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Hernandez: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.010.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)465261687888908782705646
Rain (in)0.40.30.50.70.80.81.81.71.21.00.50.5

February is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 1.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hernandez →

Next door

Hernandez and its neighbors

Hernandez has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

El Duende1.6 miHernandez0.9 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Hernandez— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
El Duende— 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 Hernandez

Is there public land near Hernandez?

48,098 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hernandez or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 29 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hernandez neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →