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Hidden Canyon Park
Managed by City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Department
190 acres6.6 mi of trail
Chaparral TrailRambler TrailJohn Brooks TrailFinch TrailOhlone Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Belmont
Belmont, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Belmont is conserved land, roughly 320 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hidden Canyon Park (6.6 mi) and Waterdog Lake Open Space (3.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Belmont, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Belmont outdoors
Conserved land
11%
320 of 2,955 acres
Trails
22 mi
4.7 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.6 mi
2.6 mi lanes · 2.6 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
Waterdog Lake Open Space
Managed by City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Department
116 acres3.9 mi of trail
Lake Road TrailJohn Brooks TrailLabor of LoveLake Loop TrailEnsatina Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Twin Pines Park
Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hallmark Park
Park
7 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Hidden Canyon Park190 acres · 6.6 mi of trail · City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Department
Waterdog Lake Open Space116 acres · 3.9 mi of trail · City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Department
Twin Pines Park11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Hallmark Park7 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Sugarloaf Mountain Open Space6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of San Mateo
Belameda Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Cipriani Park and Dog Exercise Area4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Belmont
Alexander Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Davey Glen Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Barrett Park3 acres
Who protects the land
320 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis16
- Basketball14
- Baseball10
- Pickleball9
- Soccer4
- Beach volleyball4
- Multi-sport3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Belmont and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 10.8% | 21.8 mi | 12 |
| San Carlos | 5.3% | 9.5 mi | 13 |
| San Mateo | 7.5% | 20.6 mi | 33 |
| Redwood City | 23.2% | 14.3 mi | 33 |
| Foster City | 1.8% | 9.0 mi | 25 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Belmont'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.