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Cave Creek Regional Park
Nature preserve
2,907 acres16.6 mi of trail
Go John TrailOverton TrailSlate TrailClay Mine TrailFlume Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Cave Creek
Cave Creek, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 55% of Cave Creek is conserved land, roughly 13,184 acres. There are about 78 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cave Creek Regional Park (16.6 mi), Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area (12 mi), and P.A. Seitts Preserve (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cave Creek, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cave Creek outdoors
Conserved land
55%
13,184 of 24,033 acres
Trails
78 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 61 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
2,590 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.2 mi
7.2 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.
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Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area
Nature preserve
2,131 acres12 mi of trail
Spur Cross TrailElephant Mountain TrailTortuga TrailBoca Grande TrailMetate Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
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P.A. Seitts Preserve
Managed by Desert Foothills Land Trust
255 acres1.6 mi of trail
Slate TrailFlat Rock
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Jewel of the Creek Preserve
Managed by Desert Foothills Land Trust
24 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dragonfly Trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Coroline Bartol Preserve
Managed by Desert Foothills Land Trust
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Interpretive Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Gateway Desert Awareness Park
Managed by Desert Foothills Land Trust
23 acres0.3 mi of trail
Nature TrailSaguaro Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
13,184 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,120 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 10 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Equestrian85
- Tennis8
- Football1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Cave Creek and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Creek | 54.9% | 77.9 mi | 8 |
| Carefree | 3.9% | 3.1 mi | 3 |
| Phoenix | 32.7% | 757.3 mi | 224 |
| New River | 51.8% | 127.7 mi | 4 |
| Scottsdale | 30.5% | 440.1 mi | 54 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cave Creek'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 23.8-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.