Los Milagros in Rio Rancho, NM

Los Milagros is a single-family subdivision in the middle of Rio Rancho, sitting northwest of Cabezon and Rolling Hills. Artistic Homes built most of it in the mid-2000s, and the tract has stayed detached houses throughout. Its centerpiece is Los Milagros Park, five acres kept up by the city on Colorado Mountain Road NE: a playground, picnic tables under a shade structure, horseshoe pits, fitness stations and three short walking loops, with benches and a parking lot. The city lists it among its dog-friendly parks. No homeowners association covers the neighborhood, and the streets are strictly residential.

The park's walking loops are measured and graded for people building up distance, the longest a little under half a mile on a four-foot crusher-fine path. Homes in Los Milagros feed into Stapleton Elementary, Lincoln Middle School and Rio Rancho High School.