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Verdi, Nevada (526801696)Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Outdoors in Verdi

Verdi has 6.7 miles of mapped trails, 2.0 for every square mile of land

93 acres are parks and preserves, 92 per 1,000 residents. The biggest trail networks: Crystal Peak Park (1.2 mi). 7% of Verdi’s land is conserved, about 153 acres.

Ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
7%
153 acres · of 3.3 sq mi of land
Trails
6.7 mi
2.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
93 ac
92 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
93%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.6 mi
2.1 mi lanes · 0.5 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2

What kind of outdoors town is Verdi?

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

A trail town2.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 93% of U.S. towns.Room to roam92 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Parks close to home93% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Verdi have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Verdi is ahead of 94% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, conserved land lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Verdi’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical NV town 5% · U.S. 4%B+Trails2.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · NV 2.0 · U.S. 0.4APark land92 acres of park per 1,000 residents (93 acres) · NV 6 · U.S. 13AParks close to home93% of residents within a half mile of a park · NV 74% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 94%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A 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.

123
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Crystal Peak Park, with 1.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Crystal Peak Park

Managed by Washoe County
54 acres1.2 mi of trail
Crystal Peak Park Interpretive TrailFishermans TrailVerdi Mill Pond Trail
No dogs
Directionsto the parking lot

Truckee River Greenbelt

Managed by Washoe County Regional Open Space Program
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Verdi School Park

Park
8 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

153 conserved acres

7% of Verdi’s land. Who manages Verdi’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County101 ac
U.S. Forest Service40 ac
Town or city13 ac
Local Park · 73 acNational Forest · 40 acLocal Recreation Area · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Crystal Peak Park
Local Park
County51Open
Toiyabe National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service40Open
Verdi School Park
Local Park
Town or city22Open
Canepa Ranch
Local Recreation Area
County18Open
Truckee River Greenbelt
Local Recreation Area
County14Open
Mario Road Open Space
Local Recreation Area
County2Open
Truckee River Greenbelt - Verdi
Local Recreation Area
County2Open
Bike Path From Silva Ranch Rd To Us 40 W
Local Recreation Area
Town or city1Open
USFS Access
Local Recreation Area
County1Open
West Truckee Canyon Open Space
Local Recreation Area
County1Open
Things to do

5 places to go in Verdi

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Fishing spots in Verdi

3 fishing spots without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

3 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 3.2 mi
Crystal Peak Park Interpretive Trail0.5 mi
Fishermans Trail0.3 mi
Verdi Mill Pond Trail0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Verdi PondpondTruckee River
Biking & sports

2.6 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

2.1 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Tennis
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). The map also marks 4 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
1872 California-Nevada State Boundary MarkerObject · listed 1981
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Verdi: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)454955607079898880685444
Rain (in)2.21.91.60.70.80.50.30.20.30.81.22.2

August is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 2.2 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Verdi →

Next door

Verdi and its neighbors

Verdi has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Reno201 miVerdi6.7 miMogul1.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Verdi7%2.09293%A
Reno5%1.81296%A−
Mogul13%1.18599%+A+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Verdi

Where can I hike in Verdi?

The longest trail networks: Crystal Peak Park, 1.2 miles; Verdi School Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Verdi is conserved land?

7% 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 Verdi’s trails?

Crystal Peak Park and Truckee River Greenbelt don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Verdi?

2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.1 of painted or protected lanes and 0.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Verdi?

129,686 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Verdi or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 138 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Verdi have?

Ahead of 94% 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 Verdi neighbors.

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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 →