Photo: Chris English · CC BY-SA 3.08% of Panaca’s land is conserved: 153 acres
2.7 miles of mapped trail cross Panaca, 0.9 per square mile of land. 85% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 9.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Panaca?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Panaca have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Panaca is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. 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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153 conserved acres
8% of Panaca’s land. Who manages Panaca’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caliente Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 153 | Open |
2 places to go in Panaca
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1.2 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 Panaca: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 89 | 95 | 93 | 85 | 72 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
June is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 1.2 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Panaca →
Questions about parks and trails in Panaca
How much of Panaca is conserved land?
8% 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.
Where can I bike in Panaca?
1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Panaca?
211,418 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Panaca or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 160 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Panaca have?
Ahead of 74% 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 Panaca 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 →