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Temple Square
Park
16 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Mesa
Mesa, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.4% of Mesa is conserved land, roughly 5,803 acres. There are about 91 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Temple Square (2.8 mi), Eastmark Great Park (2.1 mi), and Desert Trails Park (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mesa, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mesa outdoors
Conserved land
6.4%
5,803 of 90,903 acres
Trails
91 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
205
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
416.2 mi
382.2 mi lanes · 29.3 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
Eastmark Great Park
Park
34 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Desert Trails Park
Managed by City of Mesa
42 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Riverview Park
Park
22 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Desert Arroyo Park
Park
61 acres1.2 mi of trail
Explorers PathExploerers PathBotanical WalkDesert Arroyo Connector PathExplorerers Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Park of the Canals, Brinton Desert Botanical Garden
Managed by City of Mesa
31 acres1.2 mi of trail
Compass CourseNorth Consolidated Canal
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Eagles Park
Managed by City of Mesa
26 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Red Mountain Park
Managed by City of Mesa
321 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 205 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 205 parks & preserves
Temple Square16 acres · 2.8 mi of trail
Eastmark Great Park34 acres · 2.1 mi of trail
Desert Trails Park42 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · City of Mesa
Riverview Park22 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Desert Arroyo Park61 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Park of the Canals, Brinton Desert Botanical Garden31 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · City of Mesa
Eagles Park26 acres · 1 mi of trail · City of Mesa
Red Mountain Park321 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · City of Mesa
Pioneer Park16 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Reed Park16 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · City of Mesa
Who protects the land
5,803 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 277 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes382.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths29.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.7 mi
- Eastern Canal Path (bike route)2.8 mi
- Sun Circle Trail (bike route)2.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball329
- Tennis266
- Baseball123
- Pickleball106
- Soccer83
- Beach volleyball34
- Volleyball32
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Mesa and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa | 6.4% | 90.7 mi | 205 |
| Gilbert | 3.5% | 62.1 mi | 101 |
| Tempe | 5.3% | 41.2 mi | 67 |
| Chandler | 4.1% | 56.9 mi | 86 |
| Apache Junction | 65% | 98.6 mi | 13 |
| Queen Creek | 17.7% | 37.5 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mesa'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 55.1-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.