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El Malpais National Conservation Area
Managed by Bureau of Land Management
266 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · San Rafael
San Rafael, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of San Rafael is conserved land, roughly 1,015 acres. There are about 7.6 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in San Rafael, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
San Rafael outdoors
Conserved land
10%
1,015 of 10,073 acres
Trails
7.6 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
977 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in San Rafael
Cerrito Colorado7,090 ft elevation
Loma Pelada6,545 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
- County Road 52A0.3 mi
Who protects the land
1,015 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
Public lands
The biggest protected places in San Rafael
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 601 acNational Public Lands 413 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust LandState Resource Management Area | State land board | 601 | Open |
| Rio Puerco Field OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 413 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Mount Taylor Historic MarkerPlaque
San Rafael Historical markerPlaque
Porter CemeteryCemetery
San Rafael CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
San Rafael and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Rafael | 10.1% | 7.6 mi | 1 |
| Grants | 6.9% | 15.2 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about San Rafael'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 20-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.