21% of Little Walnut Village’s land is conserved: 814 acres
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.8 miles of mapped trail cross Little Walnut Village, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Little Walnut Village?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Little Walnut Village have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Little Walnut Village is ahead of 38% 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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814 conserved acres
21% of Little Walnut Village’s land. Who manages Little Walnut Village’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State land board | 505 | Open |
| Gila National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 259 | Open |
| Las Cruces District Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 47 | Open |
1 places to go in Little Walnut Village
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 named trails
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.
The best walking months in Little Walnut Village: 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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
May is the driest month (0.4 in) and June the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Little Walnut Village →
Little Walnut Village and its neighbors
Little Walnut Village 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Walnut Village | 21% | 0.6 | under 1 | 2% | C+ |
| Silver City | 10% | 2.7 | 54 | 90% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Little Walnut Village
How much of Little Walnut Village is conserved land?
21% 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 Little Walnut Village?
99,863 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Little Walnut Village or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 791 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Little Walnut Village have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Little Walnut Village 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 →