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Los Cerrillos, New Mexico 192Photo: Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Los Cerrillos

Few parks or trails are on the map in Los Cerrillos

4% of Los Cerrillos’ land is conserved, about 80 acres. 1 acre is park or preserve, 2.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Los Cerrillos, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
4%
80 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
2.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
60%
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

80 conserved acres

4% of Los Cerrillos’ land. Who manages Los Cerrillos’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits80 ac
Other Easement · 80 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 80 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

Things to do

3 places to go in Los Cerrillos

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Los Cerrillos

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

When to get out

The best walking months in Los Cerrillos: 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)10.010.911.913.014.014.514.313.512.311.210.29.8
High (°F)475361697889908882705746
Rain (in)0.50.40.70.60.70.82.12.21.31.30.70.8

February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 2.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Los Cerrillos →

Questions about parks and trails in Los Cerrillos

Is there public land near Los Cerrillos?

23,154 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Los Cerrillos or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Los Cerrillos 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 →