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John F Kennedy Park
Park
18 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · El Cajon
El Cajon, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.6% of El Cajon is conserved land, roughly 240 acres. There are about 3.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in John F Kennedy Park (0.6 mi), Cajon Valley Park (0.5 mi), and Tuttle Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in El Cajon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
El Cajon outdoors
Conserved land
2.6%
240 of 9,255 acres
Trails
3.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
2 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
29.8 mi
28.2 mi lanes · 1.5 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
Cajon Valley Park
Park
12 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Tuttle Park
Park
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Wells Park
Park
16 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Albert Van Zanten Park
Park
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 12 parks & preserves
- Renette Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hillside Park41 ac · Directions
- Bostonia Park3 ac · Directions
- Fletcher Hills Park3 ac · Directions
- Harry Griffen Regional Park1 ac · Directions
- Prescott Promenade Park1 ac · Directions
- Bill Beck Park1 ac
Who protects the land
240 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 54 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 lanes28.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis48
- Baseball28
- Basketball12
- Pickleball12
- Football5
- Soccer5
- Skate park2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
El Cajon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cajon | 2.6% | 3.2 mi | 12 |
| Casa de Oro-Mount Helix | 0.7% | 1.1 mi | 1 |
| La Mesa | 3.2% | 2.4 mi | 15 |
| Santee | 10.7% | 64.6 mi | 13 |
| Rancho San Diego | 14.3% | 4.4 mi | 5 |
| San Diego | 25% | 723.3 mi | 297 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about El Cajon'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.