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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Radium Springs

17% of Radium Springs’ land is conserved: 653 acres

4.9 miles of mapped trail cross Radium Springs, 0.8 per square mile of land. 36 acres are parks and preserves, 19 per 1,000 residents. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 71% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
17%
653 acres · of 6.0 sq mi of land
Trails
4.9 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
30%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Radium Springs?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Land that stays wild17% of the land is conserved; a typical New Mexico town, 4%.A trail town0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 76% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Radium Springs have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Radium Springs is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Radium Springs’ overall grade.
Conserved land17% of the land · typical NM town 4% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · NM 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · NM 7 · U.S. 13BParks close to home30% of residents within a half mile of a park · NM 67% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 71%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Fort Selden State Monument

Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

653 conserved acres

17% of Radium Springs’ land. Who manages Radium Springs’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Bureau of Land Management459 ac
State land board156 ac
Other state land29 ac
State parks9 ac
National Public Lands · 459 acState Resource Management Area · 156 acLocal Park · 29 acState Park · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Las Cruces District Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management459Open
State Trust Land
State Resource Management Area
State land board156Open
Fort Selden State Park
Local Park
Other state land29Open
Leasburg Dam State Park
State Park
State parks9Open
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
1Tennis
1Baseball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Rio Grande Bridge at Radium SpringsStructure · listed 1997
About it
When to get out

April is the best month for walking in Radium Springs

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)10.211.011.912.913.814.314.113.312.311.310.410.0
High (°F)596471798897969488796758
Rain (in)0.40.40.20.20.40.52.01.71.40.90.50.6

April is the driest month (0.2 in) and June the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 2.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Radium Springs →

Questions about parks and trails in Radium Springs

How much of Radium Springs is conserved land?

17% 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 Radium Springs’ trails?

Fort Selden State Monument doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Radium Springs?

102,885 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Radium Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 653 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Radium Springs have?

Ahead of 71% 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 Radium Springs 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 →