1
Sonoma Ranch Golf Course
Park
170 acres4.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Las Cruces
Las Cruces, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Las Cruces is conserved land, roughly 16,718 acres. There are about 117 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sonoma Ranch Golf Course (4.9 mi), Young Park (1.6 mi), and Veteran's Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Las Cruces, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Las Cruces outdoors
Conserved land
34%
16,718 of 49,139 acres
Trails
117 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 71 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
58
146 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.8 mi
5.6 mi lanes · 12.2 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
Young Park
Park
21 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Veteran's Park
Park
10 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
La Llorona Park
Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
La Llorona Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Sam Graft Park
Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Tony Gomez Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 58 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 58 parks & preserves
Sonoma Ranch Golf Course170 acres · 4.9 mi of trail
Young Park21 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Veteran's Park10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
La Llorona Park6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Sam Graft Park4 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Tony Gomez Park13 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Gus Vlachakis Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Pioneer Women's Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sagecrest Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Desert Trails Community Park32 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Las Cruces
Laabs PoolIn Lions Park
Las Cruces Regional Aquatic Center
Southwest Sport & Spine Center
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 6.4 miHorses 1.0 miUnpaved 19.5 mi
Showing 1–10 of 14 trails
- Las Cruces Lateral Trail (East)2.8 mi
- County Road C0762.7 mi
- Tuscon-Las Colinas (High Clearance)1.2 mi
- Webb (4WD)0.9 mi
- Westmoreland2 (High Clearance)0.8 mi
- Sandhill-Thurmond (High Clearance)0.8 mi
- Power Line (4WD)0.6 mi
- Settlers Pass0.6 mi
- Westmoreland-Webb (4WD)0.5 mi
- Weaver0.4 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
16,718 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Monumental Loop (bike route)5.6 mi
- Dona Ana Ditchbank Route (bike route)3.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball26
- Basketball20
- Tennis16
- Soccer14
- Pickleball9
- Football5
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Las Cruces
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 10,986 acNational Public Lands 4,685 acLocal Park 1,074 acLocal Recreation Area 41 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust LandState Resource Management Area | State land board | 10,986 | Open |
| Las Cruces District OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 4,685 | Open |
| Las Cruces Dam Open SpaceLocal Park | Town or city | 633 | Open |
| Burn LakeLocal Park | Town or city | 49 | Open |
| High Range / Sonoma RanchLocal Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Desert TrailsLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Apodaca ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 28 | Open |
| Young ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Triviz Multi-Purpose PathLocal Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Paz Ball ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
Battan Memorial StatueIn Veteran's Park · Statue
Miguel's TreeIn Klein Memorial Park · Tree
Pat Garret Murder SiteRuins
Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchChurch
SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial InterchangePlaque
Barela Catholic CemeteryCemetery
Community CemeteryCemetery
Masonic CemeteryCemetery
Odd Fellow CemeteryCemetery
Saint Joseph CemeteriesCemetery
Nearby
Las Cruces and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces | 34% | 117.4 mi | 58 |
| Mesilla | 4.7% | 11.2 mi | 2 |
| Picacho Hills | 1.7% | 9.5 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Las Cruces'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 49.3-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.