Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Los Chaves has 8.8 miles of mapped trails, 0.8 for every square mile of land
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #70 of 73 in New Mexico. What drives it
How much outdoors does Los Chaves have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Los Chaves is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #70 of 73 in New Mexico. 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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2 places to go in Los Chaves
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Los Chaves: 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) | 52 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 84 | 94 | 94 | 92 | 86 | 75 | 62 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
January is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 1.7 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Los Chaves →
Los Chaves and its neighbors
Los Chaves has the second most mapped trails of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Chaves | under 1% | 0.8 | under 1 | 1% | D |
| Belen | under 1% | 0.3 | 2 | 63% | C− |
| Tome | 1% | 0.7 | 1 | 19% | C |
| Sausal | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Adelino | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Los Lunas | 14% | 1.4 | 99 | 91% | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Los Chaves
How much of Los Chaves is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Los Chaves?
10,538 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Los Chaves or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Los Chaves have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #70 of 73 in New Mexico. 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 Los Chaves 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 →