Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Tonopah has 71 miles of mapped trails, 7.7 for every square mile of land
8 acres are parks and preserves, 3.9 per 1,000 residents. 78% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Tonopah?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Tonopah have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tonopah is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
12 conserved acres
under 1% of Tonopah’s land. Who manages Tonopah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Nevada Test Site Base Camp Federal Other or Unknown | Department of Energy | 9 | Unknown |
| Toiyabe National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 4 | Open |
8 places to go in Tonopah
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 named trails
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.
45 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
33 more on the History page.
The best walking months in Tonopah: April to June
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 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 82 | 89 | 88 | 79 | 66 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
June is the driest month (0.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 0.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tonopah →
Questions about parks and trails in Tonopah
How much of Tonopah is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Tonopah’s trails?
Highland Park and Pocket Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Tonopah?
279,320 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tonopah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3,119 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Tonopah have?
Ahead of 50% 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 Tonopah 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 →