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Overlook Park
Park
79 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · White Rock
White Rock, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 31% of White Rock is conserved land, roughly 1,387 acres. There are about 51 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Overlook Park (1.7 mi) and Piñon Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in White Rock, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
White Rock outdoors
Conserved land
31%
1,387 of 4,528 acres
Trails
51 mi
7.2 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
243 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.9 mi lanes · 0.3 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
Piñon Park
Park
23 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
PAHOA land
Managed by Pajarito Home Owners Association
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Natural Park
Managed by Los Alamos County
6 acres0.2 mi of trail
Access Trail to Estante Trail
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 White Rock
Rocket ParkIn Rocket Park
Rover Park PlaygroundIn Rover Park
Rover Park Small PlaygroundIn Rover Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 23.7 miHorses 14.6 miUnpaved 37.1 mi
Showing 1–10 of 21 trails
- River Trail4.9 mi
- Potrillo Canyon Loop2.7 mi
- White Rock Canyon Rim Trail2.4 mi
- Lower Water Canyon bottom2.0 mi
- Broken Mesa Trail1.3 mi
- Lower Water Canyon Trail1.1 mi
- Ruin Mesa Trail1.1 mi
- White Rock Canyon Rim Trail Upper Spur1.0 mi
- Potrillo Mesa Trail0.9 mi
- Red Dot Trail0.9 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,387 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 27 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
- Potrillo Canyon Loop (bike route)2.7 mi
- White Rock Canyon Rim Trail (bike route)2.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Baseball9
- Basketball4
- Soccer3
- Pickleball2
- Skate park1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in White Rock
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Federal Other or Unknown 1,144 acLocal Park 206 acLocal Recreation Area 35 acLocal Other or Unknown 1 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Alamos National LaboratoryFederal Other or Unknown | Department of Energy | 1,144 | Access unknown |
| Overlook ParkLocal Park | County | 136 | Open |
| ParkLocal Park | County | 24 | Open |
| Pinon ParkLocal Park | County | 21 | Open |
| Grand Canyon ParkLocal Park | County | 13 | Open |
| Spirio Soccer ComplxLocal Recreation Area | County | 7 | Open |
| Rover ParkLocal Park | County | 6 | Open |
| Natural ParkLocal Park | County | 5 | Open |
| Meadow Lane PlaylotLocal Recreation Area | County | 3 | Open |
| Dara Jones SoccerLocal Recreation Area | County | 3 | Open |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about White Rock'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.