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New Mexico rankings · Outdoors Towns with the most trails in New Mexico Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 66 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Clovis’s spot
#56 of 66 0.4 mi / sq mi miles of trail per square mile
The race around Clovis
Just behind El Cerro Mission, just ahead of Santa Teresa All 66 towns Trail miles per sq mi, highest first.
# Town Trail miles per sq mi Trail miles Parks & preserves
1
Los Alamos 13,317 people 7.4 mi / sq mi 82.0 mi 18
3
Socorro 8,481 people 5.1 mi / sq mi 73.2 mi 8
4
Corrales 8,555 people 4.8 mi / sq mi 51.9 mi 0
6
Santa Fe 89,019 people 3.7 mi / sq mi 190.8 mi 74
7
Aztec 6,150 people 3.6 mi / sq mi 61.1 mi 7
8
Rio Rancho 108,515 people 3.2 mi / sq mi 327.5 mi 47
9
Farmington 46,314 people 2.8 mi / sq mi 96.6 mi 48
12
Gallup 21,023 people 2.1 mi / sq mi 41.5 mi 5
15
Hobbs 40,252 people 1.8 mi / sq mi 46.2 mi 13
16
Albuquerque 562,218 people 1.7 mi / sq mi 322.3 mi 255
19
Las Cruces 114,197 people 1.5 mi / sq mi 117.4 mi 58
20
Placitas 4,223 people 1.5 mi / sq mi 43.5 mi 3
22
Tucumcari 5,160 people 1.4 mi / sq mi 13.1 mi 11
23
Los Lunas 18,618 people 1.3 mi / sq mi 26.9 mi 13
24
Ruidoso 7,699 people 1.3 mi / sq mi 20.9 mi 8
27
Portales 11,968 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 9.7 mi 5
28
Shiprock 7,610 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 16.2 mi 1
29
Agua Fria 2,898 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 2.7 mi 1
30
Eunice 3,015 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 4.6 mi 2
32
Grants 8,951 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 15.2 mi 3
36
Roswell 47,638 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 28.1 mi 30
38
Las Vegas 13,000 people 0.8 mi / sq mi 6.7 mi 11
41
Alamogordo 31,307 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 15.7 mi 15
42
Española 10,473 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 6.1 mi 2
43
Taos 6,458 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 4.3 mi 5
44
Raton 6,026 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 5.2 mi 4
46
Lee Acres 4,272 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 7.0 mi 7
48
Carlsbad 31,746 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 21.1 mi 32
49
Artesia 12,576 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 7.3 mi 4
51
Lovington 11,498 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 6.7 mi 5
52
Vado 2,895 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 1.7 mi 0
53
Edgewood 6,124 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 26.8 mi 0
54
Anthony 8,767 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 1.2 mi 1
56
Clovis 37,942 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 9.7 mi 11
61
Chaparral 18,186 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 15.4 mi 2
62
Belen 7,450 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 4.9 mi 4
63
Peralta 3,404 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.0 mi 0
64
Deming 15,221 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 3.6 mi 8
65
Dulce 3,218 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 2.6 mi 0
We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. 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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