1
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by US Fish and Wildlife Service
585 acres3.9 mi of trail
Bosque Loop TrailNorth Field Loop TrailMural Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · South Valley
South Valley, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of South Valley is conserved land, roughly 2,343 acres. There are about 49 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge (3.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in South Valley, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
South Valley outdoors
Conserved land
12%
2,343 of 19,289 acres
Trails
49 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 24 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
63 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
18.7 mi
14.2 mi lanes · 4.4 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
Durand Open Space
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Rio Bravo County Park
Park
20 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Valle del Bosque Park
Park
15 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
2,343 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes14.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
- Paseo del Bosque Trail (bike route)4.1 mi
- Chavez Loop (bike route)4.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball21
- Baseball19
- Tennis11
- Soccer2
- Football1
- Equestrian1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
South Valley and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Valley | 12.1% | 49.0 mi | 7 |
| Albuquerque | 16% | 322.3 mi | 255 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about South Valley'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 21.2-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.