Outdoors · Sandia Heights

Sandia Heights, NM parks, trails & bike paths

Sandia Heights has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sandia Heights, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Sandia Heights outdoors

Conserved land
0.8%
10 of 1,175 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.2 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

123
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.
1

Cibola National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
5 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
2

W. L. Jackson Park

Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Little Cloud Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Sandia Heights
Unnamed playground in W. L. Jackson Park
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

10 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
5 ac
County
4 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths2.2 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Sandia Heights

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 5 acLocal Park 4 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Cibola National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service5Open
W. L. Jackson ParkLocal ParkCounty4Open
Little Cloud ParkLocal ParkCounty1Open
Nearby

Sandia Heights and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Sandia Heights0.8%0.8 mi3
Albuquerque16%322.3 mi255
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Sandia Heights'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.

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