Outdoors · Albuquerque
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About 16% of Albuquerque is conserved land, roughly 19,290 acres. There are about 322 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sandia Foothills Open Space (34.1 mi), Petroglyph National Monument (28 mi), and Paseo de la Mesa Open Space (27.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Albuquerque, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
16%
19,290 of 120,379 acres
Trails
322 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 145 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
255
34 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
463.6 mi
279.1 mi lanes · 162.1 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Sandia Foothills Open Space Managed by Albuquerque Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division
1,133 acres34.1 mi of trail
Foothills Trail Trail 401 Hidden Valley Route Casa Grande Route Trail 285
🐕 Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
2 Petroglyph National Monument Managed by National Park Service;City of Albuquerque
5,172 acres28 mi of trail
Rinconada Canyon Trail North Rim Trail Volcanos Trail Loop Mesa Top Multi Use Trail Piedras Marcadas Canyon Trail
🐕 Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3 Paseo de la Mesa Open Space Nature preserve
3,788 acres27.6 mi of trail
Volcano View Trail Bond Volcano Trail East Bond Volcano Trail Butte Volcano Trail Volcanos Trail Loop
🐕 Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
4 Cibola National Forest Managed by United States Forest Service
197 acres6.2 mi of trail
Foothills Trail Powerline Route U Mound Eye of the Sandias Link Trail 401 Eye of the Sandias Route
🐕 Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
5 Bear Canyon Open Space West Managed by Albuquerque Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division
91 acres4.7 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
6 East Tijeras Arroyo Open Space Park
95 acres3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
7 Pat Hurley Park Managed by Albuquerque
23 acres1.9 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
8 Bear Canyon Open Space East Managed by Albuquerque Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division
73 acres1.5 mi of trail
Bear Canyon Trail Michael Emery Trail Bear Canyon - Michael Emery Connector
🐕 Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
All 255 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 255 parks & preserves
🌳 Sandia Foothills Open Space 1,133 acres · 34.1 mi of trail · Albuquerque Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division
🌲 Petroglyph National Monument 5,172 acres · 28 mi of trail · National Park Service;City of Albuquerque
🌲 Paseo de la Mesa Open Space 3,788 acres · 27.6 mi of trail
🌲 Cibola National Forest 197 acres · 6.2 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
🌳 Bear Canyon Open Space West 91 acres · 4.7 mi of trail · Albuquerque Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division
🌳 East Tijeras Arroyo Open Space 95 acres · 3 mi of trail
🌳 Pat Hurley Park 23 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Albuquerque
🌳 Bear Canyon Open Space East 73 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · Albuquerque Parks and Recreation, Open Space Division
🌳 Balloon Fiesta Park 401 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
🌳 Loma Del Norte Park 12 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Dog parks in Albuquerque Show all on map
Showing 1–10 of 17 dog parks
🐕 North Domingo Baca Dog Park In North Domingo Baca Park
🐕 North Domingo Baca Small Dog Park In North Domingo Baca Park
🐕 Ouray Off-leash Dog Park
🐕 Rio Grande Triangle Hours: Open 24 hours · In Rio Grande Park
🐕 Santa Fe Villiage Dog Park In Santa Fe Village Park
🐕 Tom Bolack Memorial Dog Park In Tom Bolack Urban Forest
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 54.5 mi Horses 37.1 mi Unpaved 101.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
Volcano View Trail 6.1 mi Foothills Trail 4.4 mi Trail 401 3.4 mi North Rim Trail 2.3 mi Volcanos Trail Loop 2.0 mi Rinconada Canyon Trail 1.9 mi Bond Volcano Trail 1.3 mi East Bond Volcano Trail 1.3 mi Mesa Top Multi Use Trail 1.3 mi Michael Emery Trail 1.1 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 18 places
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Who protects the land
19,290 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State land board
11,155 ac National Park Service
950 ac U.S. Forest Service
200 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 140 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 279.1 mi Off-road bike paths 162.1 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 22.4 mi Foothills Trail South (bike route) 5.4 mi Trail #401 (bike route) 2.2 mi Michael Emery Trail (bike route) 1.1 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 366 Basketball 283 Baseball 100 Soccer 50 Pickleball 25 Beach volleyball 18 Football 17 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Albuquerque
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 11,155 ac Local Park 4,299 ac Local Recreation Area 3,772 ac National Monument 950 ac Local Conservation Area 424 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
State Trust Land State Resource Management Area State land board 11,155 Open Sandia Foothills Local Recreation Area Town or city 1,255 Open Montessa Park Local Park Town or city 1,239 Open Bosque Local Recreation Area Town or city 1,208 Open Petroglyph National Monument National Monument National Park Service 1,012 Open Shooting Range Local Park Town or city 760 Open Piedras Marcadas Canyon Local Park Town or city 696 Open Unnamed Park Or Open Space Local Park Town or city 625 Open Balloon Fiesta Local Park Town or city 373 Open Arroyo Del Oso Golf Course Local Recreation Area Town or city 244 Open
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 56 places
🏛️ Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker Plaque
🏛️ Broadway Market Building Building
🏛️ Cavalcade of Wings Aircraft
🏛️ Enchanted Mesa Trading Post (closed) Building
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
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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 66.2-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.
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