1
Red Willow Park
Managed by Town of Taos
20 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Taos
Taos, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.3% of Taos is conserved land, roughly 51 acres. There are about 4.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Red Willow Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Taos, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Taos outdoors
Conserved land
1.3%
51 of 3,924 acres
Trails
4.3 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
3.1 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.
2
Taos Eco Park
Park
24 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Filemon Sanchez Fairground Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Taos County Rodeo Grounds
Park
9 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 Taos
McDonald's PlayPlace
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Red Willow Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 0.8 mi
- Dos Arroyos Trail0.8 mi
Who protects the land
51 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball9
- Tennis9
- Baseball8
- Soccer1
- Equestrian1
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Taos
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 40 acUnknown Easement 11 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kit Carson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Fred Baca ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | County | 10 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 19 places
Casa de FelizHouse
Fechin HouseBuilding
Hennings HouseHouse
J.C. Penney BuildingBuilding
J.H. Sharp 1915 StudioBuilding · 1915
Kit Carson CemetaryIn Red Willow Park · Plaque
MercadoBuilding
ShortcutMonument
Taos PlazaPlaque
The Luna ChapelBuilding
Nearby
Taos and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taos | 1.3% | 4.3 mi | 5 |
| Ranchos de Taos | 0.9% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
| Taos Pueblo | 0% | 13.1 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Taos'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.