1
American River Parkway
Managed by Sacramento County Parks
743 acres12.6 mi of trail
Levee Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Carmichael
Carmichael, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.1% of Carmichael is conserved land, roughly 898 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in American River Parkway (12.6 mi), Gibbons Park (1.2 mi), and Schweitzer Grove (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carmichael, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Carmichael outdoors
Conserved land
9.1%
898 of 9,911 acres
Trails
19 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
39.8 mi
37.8 mi lanes · 2.0 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.
2
Gibbons Park
Park
17 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Schweitzer Grove
Park
16 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Jan Park
Park
13 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
O’Donnell Heritage Park
Park
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Del Campo Park
Managed by Carmichael Recreation and Park District
24 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Mission North Park
Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
- Park Oaks Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Carmichael Park34 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Arcade Creek Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Ancil Hoffman Park22 ac · Directions
- Jensen Garden Park12 ac
- La Sierra Park8 ac · Directions
- Eugene H. Ahner Park6 ac · Directions
- Maddox Park6 ac
- Patriots Park3 ac
- Stollwood Park1 ac · Directions
- Bird Track Park1 ac
Who protects the land
898 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes37.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis38
- Basketball30
- Baseball12
- Pickleball7
- Soccer7
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Carmichael and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmichael | 9.1% | 19.0 mi | 18 |
| Citrus Heights | 2.6% | 6.1 mi | 24 |
| North Highlands | 1.3% | 0.1 mi | 7 |
| Rancho Cordova | 10.6% | 28.3 mi | 28 |
| Arden-Arcade | 3.3% | 17.3 mi | 19 |
| La Riviera | 11.3% | 9.1 mi | 4 |
| Foothill Farms | 3.4% | 1.6 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carmichael'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.