State Game Commission Land
Managed by New Mexico Department of Game & Fish
245 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Jarales
Jarales has 245 acres of parks, 114 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Jarales. 6% of Jarales’ land is conserved, about 351 acres. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
351 acres · of 8.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
245 ac
114 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
27%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Jarales?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Jarales have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jarales is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Jarales’ overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical NM town 4% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NM 0.9 · U.S. 0.4DPark land114 acres of park per 1,000 residents (245 acres) · NM 7 · U.S. 13AParks close to home27% of residents within a half mile of a park · NM 67% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 46%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Jarales. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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
351 conserved acres
6% of Jarales’ land. Who manages Jarales’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife245 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits84 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)84 ac
State Conservation Area · 245 acAgricultural Easement · 168 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 106 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belen Waterfowl Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 245 | Restricted |
Things to do
4 places to go in Jarales
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Jarales
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Pipeline (buried)0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
3Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Jarales: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 84 | 94 | 95 | 92 | 86 | 75 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 1.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Jarales →
Next door
Jarales and its neighbors
Jarales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarales | 6% | under 0.1 | 114 | 27% | B− |
| Belen | under 1% | 0.3 | 2 | 63% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Jarales
How much of Jarales is conserved land?
6% 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 Jarales’ trails?
State Game Commission Land doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Jarales?
12,913 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jarales or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 245 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Jarales have?
Ahead of 46% 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 Jarales 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 →