Photo: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of Indian Springs’ land is conserved: 84%
84% of Indian Springs’ land is conserved, about 9,644 acres. Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 30 miles of mapped trail cross Indian Springs, 1.6 per square mile of land.
Among the top 1% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Indian Springs?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Indian Springs have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Indian Springs is among the top 1% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.
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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Pick a walk
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Desert National Wildlife Refuge
9,644 conserved acres
84% of Indian Springs’ land. Who manages Indian Springs’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 9,605 | Open |
| Indian Springs Park Local Park | County | 43 | Open |
| Indian Springs Local Park | County | 37 | Open |
| Desert National Wildlife Range National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 5 | Restricted |
1 places to go in Indian Springs
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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 Indian Springs: 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 94 | 100 | 98 | 91 | 78 | 65 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
June is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 100 °F). 0.6 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 100 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Indian Springs →
Questions about parks and trails in Indian Springs
How much of Indian Springs is conserved land?
84% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Nevada town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Indian Springs’ trails?
Indian Springs Park and Desert National Wildlife Refuge don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Indian Springs?
150,080 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Indian Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10,805 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Indian Springs have?
Among the top 1% 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 Indian Springs 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 →