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Towns with the most conserved land in Arizona

Ranked by the share of the town's area that is permanently protected: town forests, state and federal land, land-trust preserves and conservation easements (USGS PAD-US). 132 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Apache Junction
Arizona · Most conserved land

Where Apache Junction lands: #10 of 132

65% of the town is permanently conserved land · Visit Apache Junction →

Map of Star Valley 1 Star Valley 93.3% Conserved acres 21,494 Parker 2 Parker 88.9% Conserved acres 12,449 Williams 3 Williams 79.3% Conserved acres 22,320
#TownConserved landConserved acresTrails
1 Map of Star Valley Star Valley2,525 people 93.3% 21,494 39.8 mi
2 Parker Parker3,388 people 88.9% 12,449 2.1 mi
3 Williams Williams3,369 people 79.3% 22,320 45.8 mi
4 Superior Superior2,535 people 68.6% 4,968 56.2 mi
5 Ajo Ajo3,107 people 67.6% 14,363 56.8 mi
6 Saddlebrooke Saddlebrooke13,085 people 67.2% 20,468 86.5 mi
7 Gold Canyon Gold Canyon13,107 people 65.7% 11,997 103.4 mi
8 Cottonwood Cottonwood12,580 people 65.5% 11,740 66.3 mi
9 Show Low Show Low12,102 people 65.4% 27,507 99.9 mi
10 Apache Junction Apache Junction41,058 people 65% 18,828 98.6 mi
11 Map of Linden Linden2,502 people 63.5% 12,228 70.2 mi
12 Three Points5,254 people 60% 17,846 38.5 mi
13 Map of Desert Hills Desert Hills2,944 people 58.9% 1,841 0.6 mi
14 Red Rock3,277 people 58.6% 17,681 90.9 mi
15 Page Page7,345 people 57% 13,903 117.9 mi
16 Cave Creek Cave Creek5,091 people 54.9% 13,184 77.9 mi
17 Clifton Clifton3,822 people 54.6% 5,170 16.4 mi
18 Doney Park Doney Park6,253 people 54.1% 7,143 69.3 mi
19 Map of Fortuna Foothills Fortuna Foothills28,896 people 53.8% 13,732 69.4 mi
20 Flagstaff Flagstaff76,445 people 52.5% 22,140 329.3 mi
21 New River New River18,240 people 51.8% 18,536 127.7 mi
22 Globe Globe7,195 people 51.8% 6,016 24.2 mi
23 Camp Verde Camp Verde12,521 people 50.8% 13,719 35.0 mi
24 Sedona Sedona9,777 people 50.3% 5,866 96.0 mi
25 Map of Oracle Oracle3,146 people 49% 4,957 28.8 mi
26 San Manuel San Manuel3,491 people 47.5% 6,274 28.4 mi
27 Marana Marana56,938 people 46.6% 36,358 188.7 mi
28 Map of Avondale Avondale92,477 people 44.5% 13,675 24.0 mi
29 Map of Whetstone Whetstone2,971 people 43.3% 25,970 53.5 mi
30 Peoria Peoria196,906 people 41.5% 47,541 222.8 mi
31 Map of Sierra Vista Southeast Sierra Vista Southeast14,330 people 39.3% 27,730 104.4 mi
32 Map of San Tan Valley San Tan Valley109,189 people 39.1% 18,884 67.4 mi
33 Vail Vail16,315 people 39.1% 5,657 73.7 mi
34 Goodyear Goodyear107,645 people 39% 47,497 324.1 mi
35 Map of Catalina Catalina6,489 people 39% 3,514 54.6 mi
36 San Luis San Luis37,337 people 38.4% 8,316 25.5 mi
37 Cornville Cornville3,618 people 38.4% 3,271 14.8 mi
38 Pinetop-Lakeside Pinetop-Lakeside4,101 people 38.3% 2,735 16.8 mi
39 Cordes Lakes Cordes Lakes3,808 people 38% 2,622 11.1 mi
40 Buckeye Buckeye104,923 people 35.5% 89,607 496.0 mi
41 Map of White Mountain Lake White Mountain Lake2,910 people 34.9% 5,410 11.5 mi
42 Map of Lake Havasu City Lake Havasu City58,359 people 33.6% 9,936 46.4 mi
43 Phoenix Phoenix1,642,323 people 32.7% 108,144 757.3 mi
44 Bullhead City Bullhead City42,496 people 31.7% 12,155 72.6 mi
45 Payson Payson16,622 people 31.5% 3,885 13.3 mi
46 Wellton Wellton2,527 people 31.2% 5,774 28.3 mi
47 Tucson Tucson547,073 people 31.1% 48,234 362.6 mi
48 Map of Paulden Paulden4,795 people 30.6% 11,178 12.3 mi
49 Scottsdale Scottsdale243,821 people 30.5% 35,903 440.1 mi
50 Map of Williamson Williamson6,310 people 29.1% 10,788 36.0 mi
51 Map of Swift Trail Junction Swift Trail Junction2,859 people 29% 687 6.6 mi
52 Corona de Tucson Corona de Tucson9,566 people 28.7% 1,407 2.2 mi
53 Map of Valencia West Valencia West14,728 people 28.5% 1,916 4.1 mi
54 Clarkdale Clarkdale4,758 people 27.7% 1,820 24.2 mi
55 Prescott Valley Prescott Valley49,179 people 25.1% 6,466 14.6 mi
56 Colorado City Colorado City2,702 people 25.1% 1,426 8.0 mi
57 Map of Rincon Valley Rincon Valley6,512 people 24.9% 4,044 32.9 mi
58 Taylor Taylor4,183 people 21.4% 4,467 19.4 mi
59 Florence Florence25,570 people 20.6% 8,257 99.4 mi
60 Bagdad Bagdad2,814 people 20.4% 1,050 5.1 mi
61 Map of Picture Rocks Picture Rocks9,448 people 20.2% 9,155 83.9 mi
62 Wickenburg Wickenburg8,059 people 19.2% 3,300 28.9 mi
63 Queen Creek Queen Creek71,867 people 17.7% 4,757 37.5 mi
64 Map of Avra Valley Avra Valley6,277 people 17.7% 2,520 10.8 mi
65 Map of Snowflake Snowflake6,444 people 16.6% 3,567 27.6 mi
66 Prescott Prescott47,400 people 16.2% 5,118 140.0 mi
67 Pima Pima2,995 people 16% 753 43.1 mi
68 Map of Kachina Village Kachina Village3,212 people 15.3% 115 1.5 mi
69 St. Johns3,395 people 14.5% 2,407 9.9 mi
70 Map of Drexel Heights Drexel Heights27,675 people 14.4% 1,761 31.1 mi
71 Dewey-Humboldt Dewey-Humboldt4,501 people 13.8% 1,656 9.5 mi
72 Map of Fountain Hills Fountain Hills23,789 people 13.3% 1,726 47.9 mi
73 Sahuarita Sahuarita35,862 people 13.2% 2,672 49.5 mi
74 Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)6,356 people 13.1% 440 22.1 mi
75 Winslow Winslow8,773 people 13% 1,083 5.3 mi
76 Chino Valley Chino Valley13,602 people 12.4% 4,953 32.0 mi
77 Benson Benson5,417 people 12.1% 3,209 30.1 mi
78 Fort Mohave15,715 people 11.9% 1,267 11.9 mi
79 Verde Village Verde Village11,930 people 11.7% 518 3.4 mi
80 Tucson Mountains11,353 people 11.5% 1,932 34.4 mi
81 Safford Safford10,239 people 11.4% 679 40.3 mi
82 Kingman Kingman34,375 people 11.3% 2,690 81.5 mi
83 Eagar Eagar4,416 people 10% 787 2.6 mi
84 Yuma Yuma100,139 people 9.9% 7,626 52.3 mi
85 Surprise Surprise154,948 people 9.7% 6,868 44.9 mi
86 Eloy Eloy17,433 people 9.5% 6,952 128.5 mi
87 Map of Tucson Estates Tucson Estates12,136 people 8.8% 718 20.1 mi
88 Map of Green Valley Green Valley22,114 people 8.4% 1,061 54.7 mi
89 Heber-Overgaard Heber-Overgaard3,621 people 8.4% 367 8.1 mi
90 Oro Valley Oro Valley48,162 people 7.2% 1,617 78.1 mi
91 Map of Sierra Vista Sierra Vista45,155 people 6.9% 6,705 156.6 mi
92 Holbrook Holbrook4,858 people 6.6% 727 10.8 mi
93 Mesa Mesa511,764 people 6.4% 5,803 90.7 mi
94 Map of Flowing Wells Flowing Wells16,559 people 6.2% 151 2.5 mi
95 Map of Lake Montezuma Lake Montezuma4,929 people 6% 439 5.0 mi
96 Willcox Willcox3,222 people 5.9% 255 1.8 mi
97 Tempe Tempe188,065 people 5.3% 1,364 41.1 mi
98 Glendale Glendale252,833 people 5.1% 2,187 32.5 mi
99 Somerton Somerton14,574 people 4.6% 211 2.0 mi
100 El Mirage El Mirage36,088 people 4.5% 288 5.7 mi
101 Map of Tanque Verde Tanque Verde15,866 people 4.3% 894 36.3 mi
102 Lake of the Woods3,250 people 4.3% 114 2.4 mi
103 Casa Grande Casa Grande60,905 people 4.2% 3,092 230.5 mi
104 Chandler Chandler280,136 people 4.1% 1,711 56.9 mi
105 Carefree Carefree3,683 people 3.9% 220 3.1 mi
106 Anthem Anthem22,584 people 3.7% 184 14.2 mi
107 Golden Valley Golden Valley8,567 people 3.7% 1,881 238.4 mi
108 Gilbert Gilbert280,262 people 3.5% 1,525 62.1 mi
109 Map of Casas Adobes Casas Adobes72,059 people 3.3% 567 15.0 mi
110 Nogales Nogales19,841 people 3.3% 435 58.2 mi
111 Paradise Valley Paradise Valley12,611 people 3.3% 327 2.7 mi
112 Guadalupe Guadalupe5,272 people 3.2% 16 0.2 mi
113 Litchfield Park Litchfield Park6,916 people 1.7% 35 1.5 mi
114 Coolidge Coolidge16,636 people 1.5% 793 105.6 mi
115 Summit Summit4,896 people 1.4% 33 0.2 mi
116 South Tucson South Tucson4,550 people 1.4% 9 0.2 mi
117 Youngtown Youngtown7,015 people 1.2% 11 0.2 mi
118 Rio Rico Rio Rico22,017 people 1% 386 45.2 mi
119 Douglas Douglas15,981 people 0.9% 57 7.5 mi
120 Thatcher Thatcher5,439 people 0.9% 40 32.3 mi
121 Map of Tolleson Tolleson7,668 people 0.8% 28 0.0 mi
122 Fort Defiance Fort Defiance3,351 people 0.8% 33 15.5 mi
123 Maricopa Maricopa67,163 people 0.7% 198 27.4 mi
124 Map of Catalina Foothills Catalina Foothills52,593 people 0.7% 174 32.4 mi
125 Sun City Sun City37,486 people 0.5% 46 4.4 mi
126 Map of Kayenta Kayenta4,927 people 0.5% 43 21.7 mi
127 Map of Sun Lakes Sun Lakes13,924 people 0.3% 9 4.0 mi
128 Tuba City Tuba City7,960 people 0.2% 9 13.4 mi
129 Map of San Carlos San Carlos4,973 people 0.2% 13 13.0 mi
130 Bisbee Bisbee4,977 people 0.1% 4 11.5 mi
131 Whiteriver Whiteriver4,545 people 0.1% 13 9.6 mi
132 Map of Mohave Valley Mohave Valley2,555 people 0.1% 7 9.5 mi

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the share of the town's area that is permanently protected: town forests, state and federal land, land-trust preserves and conservation easements (USGS PAD-US). Easements protect land from development but are often private, so not all of it is open to visitors. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US. Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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