1
New Brighton State Beach
Managed by California Department of Parks and Recreation
77 acres1.2 mi of trail
Beach TrailVisitor Center TrailSunset TrailOak Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Capitola
Capitola, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Capitola is conserved land, roughly 123 acres. There are about 2.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in New Brighton State Beach (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Capitola, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Capitola outdoors
Conserved land
12%
123 of 1,067 acres
Trails
2.3 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.8 mi
8.0 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
Monterey Avenue Park
Park
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Managed by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
48 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Peery Park
Managed by Capitola, City of
12 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
New Brighton State Beach77 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · California Department of Parks and Recreation
Monterey Avenue Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Peery Park12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Capitola, City of
Jade Street Park10 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Esplanade Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Capitola, City of
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary48 acres · National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
New Brighton City Park5 acres · Capitola, City of
Soquel Creek Park2 acres · Capitola, City of
Noble Gulch Park2 acres
Cortez Park1 acres
Who protects the land
123 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes8.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis4
- Baseball2
- Basketball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Capitola and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitola | 11.5% | 2.3 mi | 10 |
| Live Oak | 2.3% | 3.5 mi | 10 |
| Pleasure Point | 1.4% | 1.2 mi | 6 |
| Soquel | 4.3% | 6.8 mi | 7 |
| Seacliff | 28.4% | 4.0 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Capitola'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.