1
2800 Acre Water Bank
Park
2,905 acres8.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.4% of Bakersfield is conserved land, roughly 6,220 acres. There are about 105 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in 2800 Acre Water Bank (8.9 mi), Kern River Parkway Park (4.6 mi), and City in the Hills Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bakersfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bakersfield outdoors
Conserved land
6.4%
6,220 of 96,861 acres
Trails
105 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 24 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
80
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
146.2 mi
99.6 mi lanes · 39.8 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
Kern River Parkway Park
Park
1,155 acres4.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
City in the Hills Park
Park
11 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Almondale Park
Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
River Oaks Park
Park
15 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Greystone Park
Park
14 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Jastro Park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Riverlakes Ranch Park
Park
27 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Bridle Creek Park7 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Panorama Park29 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Metropolitan Recreation Center98 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- College Park14 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Campus Park S.12 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Central Park11 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Quailwood Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Granite Pointe Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Solera Gardens Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Polo Community Park31 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- The Park at River Walk31 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Silver Creek Park14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Madison Grove Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Tevis Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Kroll Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Coral Keys Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Rattlesnake Canyon123 ac
- Beach Park41 ac · Directions
- Aera Park37 ac · Directions
- Liberty Park22 ac · Directions
- Stockdale River Ranch Community Park21 ac · Directions
- Patriots Park21 ac · Directions
- Heritage Park16 ac · Directions
- Yokuts Park16 ac · Directions
- Pin Oak Park15 ac · Directions
- Martin Luther King Park15 ac · Directions
- Belle Terrace Park15 ac · Directions
- Lowell Park15 ac
- San Lauren Park15 ac
- Wayside Park14 ac · Directions
- Windsor Park14 ac
- Mondavi Park12 ac
- Campus Park N.11 ac
- Seasons Park11 ac
- Kern Delta Park11 ac · Directions
- Centennial Park11 ac · Directions
- Westdale Park11 ac · Directions
- Grissom Park10 ac · Directions
- Emerald Cove Park10 ac
- North Rosedale Park10 ac
- Saunders Park10 ac · Directions
- Belcourt Park10 ac
- Wilson Park10 ac · Directions
- Deer Peak Park10 ac · Directions
- Wilderness Park10 ac · Directions
- Haggin Oaks Park9 ac · Directions
- Jefferson Park9 ac
- Planz Park9 ac · Directions
- Siemon Park9 ac · Directions
- Kern River County Park7 ac
- Casa Loma County Park7 ac
- West Park7 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
6,220 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 103 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes99.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths39.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis160
- Basketball103
- Baseball73
- Volleyball14
- Pickleball11
- Beach volleyball8
- Soccer7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bakersfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | 6.4% | 104.5 mi | 80 |
| Rosedale | 0.3% | 19.9 mi | 2 |
| Greenacres | 1.1% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| East Niles | 0.4% | 0.5 mi | 1 |
| La Cresta | 0.3% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Potomac Park | 1.4% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
| Oildale | 3.9% | 1.8 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bakersfield'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 70.9-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.