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Looking up Caliente Rio at the Hot SpringsPhoto: Dana B. Chase · Public domain
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Outdoors in Ojo Caliente

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ojo Caliente

40% of Ojo Caliente’s land is conserved, about 689 acres. 3.4 miles of mapped trail cross Ojo Caliente, 1.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
40%
689 acres · of 2.6 sq mi of land
Trails
3.4 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

689 conserved acres

40% of Ojo Caliente’s land. Who manages Ojo Caliente’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Bureau of Land Management689 ac
National Public Lands · 689 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Taos Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management689Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 0.5 mi
Posi Pueblo Trail0.5 mi
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
1Baseball
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Chapel of Santa CruzBuilding · listed 1975
About it
Ojo Caliente Mineral SpringsBuilding · listed 1985
About it
Ojo Caliente Hot Springs Round BarnBuilding · listed 2003
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Ojo Caliente: April to June and August

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)9.910.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)434857657484878478685443
Rain (in)0.60.60.70.80.80.72.02.01.41.00.70.7

January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 2.0 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ojo Caliente →

Questions about parks and trails in Ojo Caliente

Is there public land near Ojo Caliente?

135,188 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ojo Caliente or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 53 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ojo Caliente 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 →