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Salt Creek Beach Park
Managed by County of Orange
21 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dana Point
Dana Point, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.7% of Dana Point is conserved land, roughly 376 acres. There are about 7.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Salt Creek Beach Park (0.9 mi), Lantern Bay County Park (0.9 mi), and Doheny State Beach (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dana Point, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dana Point outdoors
Conserved land
8.7%
376 of 4,308 acres
Trails
7.8 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
28.1 mi
21.1 mi lanes · 6.7 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
Lantern Bay County Park
Park
13 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Doheny State Beach
Managed by California Department of Parks and Recreation
73 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Del Obispo Park Community Center
Park
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Dana Crest Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Salt Creek Beach Park21 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · County of Orange
Lantern Bay County Park13 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Doheny State Beach73 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · California Department of Parks and Recreation
Del Obispo Park Community Center11 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Dana Crest Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Sea Terrace Community Park24 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Strands Beach At Salt Creek15 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · County of Orange
Sea Canyon Park7 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park20 acres · Orange County Parks
Heritage Park7 acres · City of Dana Point
Who protects the land
376 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 32 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes21.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis35
- Basketball13
- Baseball10
- Beach volleyball9
- Pickleball4
- Volleyball3
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Dana Point and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Point | 8.7% | 7.8 mi | 18 |
| Laguna Niguel | 10.9% | 26.7 mi | 36 |
| San Clemente | 4.2% | 44.9 mi | 23 |
| San Juan Capistrano | 12.6% | 77.7 mi | 21 |
| Laguna Beach | 31.5% | 22.1 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dana Point'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.