1
Thunderbird Conservation Park
Nature preserve
998 acres13.1 mi of trail
H-1 TrailH-2 TrailH-3 TrailH-4 TrailH-1A Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Glendale
Glendale, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.1% of Glendale is conserved land, roughly 2,187 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Thunderbird Conservation Park (13.1 mi), Sahuaro Ranch Park (2.5 mi), and Glendale Heroes Regional Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Glendale, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Glendale outdoors
Conserved land
5.1%
2,187 of 43,108 acres
Trails
33 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
85
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
117.7 mi
96.3 mi lanes · 21.1 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
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
Sahuaro Ranch Park
Managed by City Of Glendale
76 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Glendale Heroes Regional Park
Managed by City of Glendale
91 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Northern Horizon Park
Managed by City Of Glendale
17 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Discovery Park
Managed by City Of Glendale
12 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Bonsall Park South
Managed by City of Glendale
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Grand Canal Linear Park
Managed by City of Glendale
108 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
8
Rose Lane Park
Managed by City Of Glendale
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 85 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 85 parks & preserves
Thunderbird Conservation Park998 acres · 13.1 mi of trail
Sahuaro Ranch Park76 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · City Of Glendale
Glendale Heroes Regional Park91 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · City of Glendale
Northern Horizon Park17 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · City Of Glendale
Discovery Park12 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · City Of Glendale
Bonsall Park South7 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Glendale
Grand Canal Linear Park108 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Glendale
Rose Lane Park11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City Of Glendale
O'Niel Park14 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Hillcrest Park7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City Of Glendale
Who protects the land
2,187 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes96.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths21.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball107
- Tennis102
- Tracks47
- Baseball41
- Soccer28
- Volleyball15
- Football12
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Glendale and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Glendale'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 49.2-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.