1
Hillside Natural Area
Park
193 acres3.2 mi of trail
Ridge TrailMotorcycle Hill TrailLive Oak TrailForest Brown TrailNavellier Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · El Cerrito
El Cerrito, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of El Cerrito is conserved land, roughly 140 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hillside Natural Area (3.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in El Cerrito, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
El Cerrito outdoors
Conserved land
6%
140 of 2,342 acres
Trails
12 mi
3.3 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
5 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.7 mi
3.8 mi lanes · 3.0 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
Arlington Park
Park
5 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Ohlone Greenway
Park
16 acres0.3 mi of trail
Ohlone Greenway
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Madera Open Space
Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Madera-Julian TrailMadera to Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Canyon Trail Park
Managed by City of El Cerrito
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Cerrito Vista Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 14 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 14 parks & preserves
Hillside Natural Area193 acres · 3.2 mi of trail
Arlington Park5 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Ohlone Greenway16 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Madera Open Space9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Canyon Trail Park9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of El Cerrito
Cerrito Vista Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Castro Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Tassajara Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Huber Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Fairmont Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
140 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball17
- Tennis17
- Baseball9
- Soccer3
- Football2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
El Cerrito and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cerrito | 6% | 12.2 mi | 14 |
| Richmond | 19.8% | 66.8 mi | 51 |
| Kensington | 3.7% | 0.8 mi | 1 |
| Albany | 18.1% | 6.6 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about El Cerrito'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.