1
Black Mountain Summit Preserve
Nature preserve
168 acres0.4 mi of trail
Black Mountain Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Carefree
Carefree, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.9% of Carefree is conserved land, roughly 220 acres. There are about 3.1 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carefree, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Carefree outdoors
Conserved land
3.9%
220 of 5,619 acres
Trails
3.1 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
60 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.4 mi
10.3 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
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.
2
Carefree Desert Gardens
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Desert Gardens Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Carefree Galloway Wash Preserve
Nature preserve
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
220 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes10.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis6
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Carefree and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carefree | 3.9% | 3.1 mi | 3 |
| Scottsdale | 30.5% | 440.1 mi | 54 |
| Cave Creek | 54.9% | 77.9 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carefree'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 20-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.