Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Library · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Lordsburg has 8.1 miles of mapped trails, 1.0 for every square mile of land
8% of Lordsburg’s land is conserved, about 440 acres. 50% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lordsburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lordsburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lordsburg is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. 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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440 conserved acres
8% of Lordsburg’s land. Who manages Lordsburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces District Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 280 | Open |
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State land board | 159 | Open |
6 places to go in Lordsburg
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Lordsburg
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 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 87 | 97 | 96 | 93 | 89 | 80 | 68 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
April is the driest month (0.2 in) and June the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 2.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lordsburg →
Questions about parks and trails in Lordsburg
How much of Lordsburg is conserved land?
8% 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 Lordsburg?
186,341 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lordsburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 442 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Lordsburg have?
Ahead of 50% 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 Lordsburg 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 →