1
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Managed by Bureau of Land Management
6,698 acres13.5 mi of trail
Old Highway 84
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Gila Bend
Gila Bend, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Gila Bend is conserved land, roughly 13,977 acres. There are about 54 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sonoran Desert National Monument (13.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gila Bend, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gila Bend outdoors
Conserved land
34%
13,977 of 41,023 acres
Trails
54 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
10,255 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
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
Gatlin Archeological Site
Nature preserve
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
Managed by Bureau of Land Management
995 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Rotary Centennial Park
Managed by Town of Gila Bend
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
13,977 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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
- Basketball5
- Tennis4
- Baseball3
- Football1
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gila Bend'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 54.6-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.