1
Glade Run Recreation Area
Managed by BLM_FFO
233 acres2.1 mi of trail
Ridgetop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · La Plata
La Plata, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of La Plata is conserved land, roughly 2,130 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Glade Run Recreation Area (2.1 mi), Jackson Lake Wildlife Area (0.8 mi), and Thomas Canyon Recreation Area (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in La Plata, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
La Plata outdoors
Conserved land
15%
2,130 of 14,114 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
954 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 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.
2
Jackson Lake Wildlife Area
Managed by New Mexico Department of Game & Fish
47 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Thomas Canyon Recreation Area
Nature preserve
172 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
La Plata #8 (River Tracts)
Managed by BLM_FFO
76 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 16 parks & preserves
Glade Run Recreation Area233 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · BLM_FFO
Jackson Lake Wildlife Area47 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · New Mexico Department of Game & Fish
Thomas Canyon Recreation Area172 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,130 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
La Plata and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Plata | 15.1% | 14.8 mi | 16 |
| Farmington | 7.6% | 96.6 mi | 48 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about La Plata'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 29-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.