1
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
439 acres3.2 mi of trail
Vista Lago
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Chula Vista
Chula Vista, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Chula Vista is conserved land, roughly 5,984 acres. There are about 107 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in San Diego National Wildlife Refuge (3.2 mi), Sweetwater Park (1.3 mi), and Montevalle (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chula Vista, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Chula Vista outdoors
Conserved land
18%
5,984 of 33,179 acres
Trails
107 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 72 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
71
22 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
133.7 mi
113.1 mi lanes · 8.4 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
Sweetwater Park
Managed by Chula Vista
37 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Montevalle
Park
24 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
338 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Rohr Park
Park
59 acres0.9 mi of trail
Sweetwater Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Salt Creek
Park
14 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Voyager Park
Park
10 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Chula Vista Community Park
Park
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 71 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 71 parks & preserves
San Diego National Wildlife Refuge439 acres · 3.2 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Sweetwater Park37 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Chula Vista
Montevalle24 acres · 1 mi of trail
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge338 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Rohr Park59 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Salt Creek14 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Voyager Park10 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Chula Vista Community Park19 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Sunset View Park10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Scobee Park8 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Who protects the land
5,984 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 851 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes113.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes12.2 mi
- Sweetwater Bike Route (bike route)1.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball102
- Tennis99
- Baseball58
- Soccer18
- Pickleball8
- Football7
- Skate park7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Chula Vista and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chula Vista | 18% | 107.3 mi | 71 |
| Bonita | 13.8% | 7.2 mi | 2 |
| National City | 3.5% | 4.1 mi | 8 |
| San Diego | 25% | 723.3 mi | 297 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Chula Vista'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 29.6-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.