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Cienega Creek Natural Preserve
Nature preserve
1,218 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Vail
Vail, AZ parks, trails & bike paths
About 39% of Vail is conserved land, roughly 5,657 acres. There are about 74 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cienega Creek Natural Preserve (1.5 mi) and Colossal Cave Mountain Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Vail, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Vail outdoors
Conserved land
39%
5,657 of 14,461 acres
Trails
74 mi
3.3 mi per sq mi · 44 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
347 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.9 mi
7.1 mi lanes · 4.8 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
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Nature preserve
138 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Vail Park
Park
21 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
5,657 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 23 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 6 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Arizona Trail (bike route)0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Equestrian29
- Basketball7
- Pickleball6
- Baseball5
- Soccer3
- Tennis3
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Vail and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail | 39.1% | 73.7 mi | 3 |
| Rincon Valley | 24.9% | 32.9 mi | 5 |
| Tucson | 31.1% | 362.6 mi | 177 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Vail'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 22.6-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.