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Lover's Cove State Marine Conservation Area
Nature preserve
38 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Avalon
Avalon, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of Avalon is conserved land, roughly 156 acres. There are about 9.0 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Avalon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Avalon outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
156 of 4,873 acres
Trails
9.0 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
47 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 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.
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Casino Point State Marine Conservation Area
Nature preserve
5 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.
Beaches in Avalon
Descanso Beach
Middle Beach
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 1.0 miUnpaved 3.7 mi
- Hermit Gulch Trail (TCT)0.8 mi
Who protects the land
156 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis5
- Golf4
- Pickleball4
- Basketball2
- Soccer1
- Baseball1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Avalon
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 149 acLocal Park 4 acLocal Recreation Area 2 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Catalina IslandPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 112 | Restricted |
| Santa Catalina Island Nature Center at Avalon CanyonPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 37 | Open |
| Joe Machado FieldLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Avalon City BeachLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Mole ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Avalon Veterans Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| People's ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Cochise's GraveMemorial
Avalon Memorial CemeteryCemetery
Avalon Pet CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Avalon'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.