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Sweetwater Preserve
Nature preserve
892 acres15.4 mi of trail
Desperado LoopBlack Rock LoopRed Tail Ridge TrailSaguaro Vista TrailHomestead Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Tucson Mountains
Tucson Mountains, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Tucson Mountains is conserved land, roughly 1,932 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sweetwater Preserve (15.4 mi), Painted Hills Trails Park (4.7 mi), and Feliz Paseos Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Tucson Mountains, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Tucson Mountains outdoors
Conserved land
12%
1,932 of 16,786 acres
Trails
34 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
170 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.1 mi
2.1 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.
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Painted Hills Trails Park
Nature preserve
289 acres4.7 mi of trail
Slingshot TrailMosaic TrailMonsoon LoopSpeedway LinkBactrian Summit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Feliz Paseos Park
Park
58 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Andrada
Nature preserve
157 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Sweetwater Preserve892 acres · 15.4 mi of trail
Painted Hills Trails Park289 acres · 4.7 mi of trail
Feliz Paseos Park58 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Andrada157 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Tucson Mountain Park372 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Saguaro National Park - Tucson Mountain District85 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · National Park Service
Saguaro National Park85 acres · National Park Service
Malcolmson Donation64 acres
Desert Station Research Center36 acres · University of Arizona
Mary Henderson Desert Center20 acres
Who protects the land
1,932 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 6 of 11 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Equestrian82
- Basketball4
- Tennis2
- Soccer1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Tucson Mountains and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Tucson Mountains'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 23.3-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.