Outdoors · Benson

Benson, AZ parks, trails & bike paths

About 12% of Benson is conserved land, roughly 3,209 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Benson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Benson outdoors

Conserved land
12%
3,209 of 26,485 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
592 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

12
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Lions Park

Managed by City of Benson
36 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Apache Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

3,209 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State Department of Land
2,981 ac
State parks
161 ac
U.S. Forest Service
34 ac
Town or city
34 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball4
  • Tennis2
  • Basketball2
  • Skate park1
  • Football1
  • Soccer1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Benson's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 31.9-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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