Paradise Hills Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Paradise Hills
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Paradise Hills
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 3.8 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Paradise Hills’ land is conserved, about 15 acres.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns · #50 of 73 in New Mexico. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
15 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
3.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.7 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 1.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Paradise Hills?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Paradise Hills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Paradise Hills is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns, #50 of 73 in New Mexico. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Paradise Hills’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical NM town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NM 0.9 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · NM 7 · U.S. 13CParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NM 67% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 37%
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New Mexico towns of 2,500+ (73)Ahead of 32%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Petroglyph National Monument
Managed by National Park Service;City of Albuquerque
1 acres
Dogs usually limited
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Globus Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
15 conserved acres
2% of Paradise Hills’ land. Who manages Paradise Hills’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County13 ac
Town or city2 ac
Local Recreation Area · 12 acLocal Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Hills Community Complex Local Recreation Area | County | 12 | Open |
| Paradise Trail Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Globus Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
Things to do
8 places to go in Paradise Hills
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Paradise Hills
8 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
2.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Basketball
2Baseball
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Paradise Hills: 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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 91 | 93 | 90 | 84 | 73 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
February is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 1.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Paradise Hills →
Questions about parks and trails in Paradise Hills
How much of Paradise Hills is conserved land?
2% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Paradise Hills’ trails?
Paradise Hills Park and Petroglyph National Monument don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Paradise Hills?
2.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of painted or protected lanes and 1.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Paradise Hills?
17,430 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Paradise Hills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Paradise Hills have?
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #50 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 Paradise Hills 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 →