Photo: B575 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Santa Teresa
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.1 per 1,000 residents. 46% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.5 miles of mapped trail cross Santa Teresa, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #58 of 73 in New Mexico. What drives it
How much outdoors does Santa Teresa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Santa Teresa is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #58 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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169 conserved acres
3% of Santa Teresa’s land. Who manages Santa Teresa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust Land State Resource Management Area | State land board | 101 | Open |
| Las Cruces District Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 69 | Open |
1.8 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.
April is the best month for walking in Santa Teresa
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 88 | 96 | 95 | 93 | 88 | 79 | 67 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
April is the driest month (0.2 in) and June the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 2.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Santa Teresa →
Santa Teresa and its neighbors
Santa Teresa has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Teresa | 3% | 0.4 | under 1 | 46% | C |
| Sunland Park | 2% | 0.8 | 2 | 53% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Santa Teresa
How much of Santa Teresa is conserved land?
3% 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.
Where can I bike in Santa Teresa?
1.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Santa Teresa?
121,259 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Santa Teresa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 172 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Santa Teresa have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #58 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 Santa Teresa 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 →