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Reliance School and GymnasiumReliance School and Gymnasium · Photo: Realwyo · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Reliance

Few parks or trails are on the map in Reliance

12 acres are parks and preserves, 20 per 1,000 residents. 3.6 miles of mapped trail cross Reliance, 0.9 per square mile of land. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
11 acres · of 4.1 sq mi of land
Trails
3.6 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
20 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
30%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Reliance Park

Managed by Sweetwater County
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

11 conserved acres

under 1% of Reliance’s land. Who manages Reliance’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County11 ac
Local Park · 11 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Reliance Park
Local Park
County11Open
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Reliance School and GymnasiumBuilding · listed 1988
About it
Reliance TippleBuilding · listed 1991
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Reliance: May to 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)313546556577868473584231
Rain (in)0.40.40.61.01.40.80.50.71.00.90.40.4

November is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 1.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Reliance →

Questions about parks and trails in Reliance

Are dogs allowed on Reliance’s trails?

Reliance Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Reliance?

112,276 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Reliance or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 249 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Reliance neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →