Outdoors · Drexel Heights

Drexel Heights, AZ parks, trails & bike paths

About 14% of Drexel Heights is conserved land, roughly 1,761 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Robles Pass Trail Park (16.5 mi) and Winston Reynolds Manzanita District Park (2.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Drexel Heights outdoors

Conserved land
14%
1,761 of 12,264 acres
Trails
31 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
64 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.4 mi
7.3 mi lanes · 3.1 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

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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

Robles Pass Trail Park

Nature preserve
1,012 acres16.5 mi of trail
Camaro Loop TrailBittersweet TrailCascabel TrailSunset Pass TrailLedge Surfer Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Cascabel Trailhead
2

Winston Reynolds Manzanita District Park

Park
109 acres2.8 mi of trail
Creosote Loop TrailRocky 13 Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3

Westview Pointe

Nature preserve
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Presidio Gardens Community Park

Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 16 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 16 parks & preserves
Robles Pass Trail Park1,012 acres · 16.5 mi of trail
Winston Reynolds Manzanita District Park109 acres · 2.8 mi of trail
Westview Pointe11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Presidio Gardens Community Park6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Lawrence Park21 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Pima County
Tucson Mountain Park15 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Vesey Park10 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Double V Scout Ranch357 acres
Dakota Wash27 acres
Rancho Cascabel20 acres
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Drexel Heights
Showing 1–10 of 20 peaks
Unnamed peak3,196 ft elevation
Directions
Red Butte2,982 ft elevation
Directions
Unnamed peak2,943 ft elevation
Directions
Unnamed peak2,943 ft elevation
Directions
Unnamed peak in Robles Pass Trail Park2,884 ft elevation
Directions
Beehive Peak2,867 ft elevation · In Beehive Peak
Directions
Unnamed peak2,867 ft elevation
Directions
Unnamed peak in Robles Pass Trail Park2,867 ft elevation
Directions
Unnamed peak in Robles Pass Trail Park2,864 ft elevation
Directions
Unnamed peak in Robles Pass Trail Park2,848 ft elevation
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 14.4 miHorses 14.2 miUnpaved 0.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 16 trails
  • Camaro Loop Trail2.1 mi
  • Bittersweet Trail2.0 mi
  • Cascabel Trail1.5 mi
  • Sunset Pass Trail1.4 mi
  • Ledge Surfer Trail1.1 mi
  • 360 Vista Trail1.1 mi
  • Boulder Belt Trail1.1 mi
  • Flight Path Trail1.0 mi
  • Sunset Pass0.7 mi
  • Rocky 13 Trail0.6 mi
Who protects the land

1,761 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
1,606 ac
State Department of Land
155 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 12 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes7.3 mi
  • Off-road bike paths3.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Equestrian26
  • Basketball25
  • Baseball14
  • Soccer5
  • Softball3
  • Tennis2
  • Volleyball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Drexel Heights

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Recreation Area 952 acLocal Park 598 acState Resource Management Area 155 acLocal Conservation Area 56 ac
Showing 1–10 of 12 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Tucson Mountain ParkLocal Recreation AreaCounty950Open
Saginaw Hill Regional ParkLocal ParkCounty486Open
State Trust LandState Resource Management AreaState Department of Land155Restricted
Lawrence District ParkLocal ParkCounty40Open
Winston Reynolds-manzanita District ParkLocal ParkCounty39Open
FlapLocal Conservation AreaCounty33Access unknown
Dakota WashLocal Conservation AreaCounty23Access unknown
Manzanita Pool ParkLocal ParkCounty13Open
Vesey Neighborhood ParkLocal ParkCounty9Open
Mission Ridge Neighborhood ParkLocal ParkCounty6Open
Nearby

Drexel Heights and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Drexel Heights14.4%31.1 mi16
Tucson31.1%362.6 mi177
Valencia West28.5%4.1 mi3
Tucson Estates8.8%20.1 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Drexel Heights'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.

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