Outdoors · Lake Sumner

Lake Sumner, NM parks, trails & bike paths

About 22% of Lake Sumner is conserved land, roughly 9,626 acres. There are about 8.6 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lake Sumner, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Lake Sumner outdoors

Conserved land
22%
9,626 of 43,626 acres
Trails
8.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
named on the map
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.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Lake Sumner
Lake Sumner Eastside Campground
Directions
Sumner Lake Campground
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

9,626 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State land board
4,664 ac
Bureau of Reclamation
3,987 ac
State parks
897 ac
Bureau of Land Management
77 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Lake Sumner

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 4,664 acFederal Other or Unknown 3,987 acState Park 897 acNational Public Lands 77 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
State Trust LandState Resource Management AreaState land board4,664Open
UsbrFederal Other or UnknownBureau of Reclamation3,987Access unknown
Sumner Lake State ParkState ParkState parks897Open
Roswell Field OfficeNational Public LandsBureau of Land Management77Open
History

Historic places to visit

Salado Creek CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Lake Sumner'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 42.7-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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