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Papago Park - Tempe
Park
266 acres10.4 mi of trail
Lizard TrailLoma TrailPapago SouthConnector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Tempe
Tempe, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Tempe is conserved land, roughly 1,364 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Papago Park - Tempe (10.4 mi), Kiwanis Park (1.2 mi), and Neil G. Giuliano Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Tempe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Tempe outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
1,364 of 25,612 acres
Trails
41 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 23 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
67
7 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
171.7 mi
120.3 mi lanes · 46.4 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
Kiwanis Park
Managed by City Of Tempe
127 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Neil G. Giuliano Park
Park
25 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Evelyn Hallman Park
Park
39 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Jaycee Park
Park
9 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Hayden Butte Preserve
Nature preserve
43 acres0.9 mi of trail
Leonard Monti TrailMain Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Tempe Sports Complex Park
Managed by City Of Tempe
61 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
Benedict Sports Complex
Park
18 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Rio Salado Park94 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- SRP Desertwise Park6 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Tempe Beach Park17 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Tempe Town Lake North Beach - Boat Beach41 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Hanger Park15 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Escalante Park10 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Estrada Park7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Desert Arboretum Park4 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Corbell Park13 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Papago Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Indian Bend Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Michelle Brooks-Totress Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Singh Meadows72 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Daley Park14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Mary and Moses Green Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Optimist Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Clark Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Goodwin8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Svob Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Moeur Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Selleh Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Stroud Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Celaya Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Circle G Ranch Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hollis Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Tempe Women's Club Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Palmer Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Daumler Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Joyce Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Scudder Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Arredondo Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Rotary Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cole Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Peterson Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Birchett Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Papago Park Playground1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Standing Stones1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- PERA Club57 ac · Directions
- Meyer Park8 ac · Directions
- SDFC Field8 ac · Directions
- Alisanos Park7 ac
- Marina Heights Courtyard7 ac · Directions
- Mitchell Park6 ac
- Ehrhardt Park6 ac
- Campbell Park6 ac
- Connolly Field6 ac
- Dwight Park6 ac
- Waggoner Park4 ac
- Parque De Soza4 ac · Directions
- Esquer Park3 ac
- Creamery Park3 ac · Directions
- Gaicki Park3 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,364 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes120.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths46.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.0 mi
- Grand Canalscape (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis116
- Basketball100
- Baseball48
- Soccer37
- Beach volleyball27
- Football13
- Volleyball11
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Tempe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tempe | 5.3% | 41.2 mi | 67 |
| Phoenix | 32.7% | 757.3 mi | 224 |
| Chandler | 4.1% | 56.9 mi | 86 |
| Mesa | 6.4% | 90.7 mi | 205 |
| Guadalupe | 3.2% | 0.2 mi | 2 |
| Scottsdale | 30.5% | 440.1 mi | 54 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Tempe'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 24.5-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.