Transcontinental Railroad Grade · Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Thatcher has 14 miles of mapped trails, 1.2 for every square mile of land
22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 3.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Thatcher?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Thatcher have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Thatcher is ahead of 25% 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
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1 places to go in Thatcher
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
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 Thatcher: May, June and September
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) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 40 | 51 | 58 | 69 | 80 | 90 | 88 | 77 | 62 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
July is the driest month (0.5 in) and the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 1.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Thatcher →
Questions about parks and trails in Thatcher
How much of Thatcher is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 3% for an Utah town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Thatcher?
654 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Thatcher or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Thatcher have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Thatcher 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 →