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Debell Uvas Creek Preserve
Park
94 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Gilroy
Gilroy, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.7% of Gilroy is conserved land, roughly 598 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Debell Uvas Creek Preserve (1.6 mi), Las Animas Veterans Park (1.5 mi), and Christmas Hill Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gilroy, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gilroy outdoors
Conserved land
5.7%
598 of 10,567 acres
Trails
19 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
75.8 mi
42.8 mi lanes · 17.4 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
Las Animas Veterans Park
Managed by City of Gilroy
31 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Christmas Hill Park
Park
53 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
El Roble Park
Park
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Sunrise Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Babbs Creek Park Preserve
Park
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Rainbow Park
Managed by City of Gilroy
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Del Rey Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Debell Uvas Creek Preserve94 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Las Animas Veterans Park31 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · City of Gilroy
Christmas Hill Park53 acres · 1 mi of trail
El Roble Park9 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Sunrise Park8 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Babbs Creek Park Preserve6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Rainbow Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Gilroy
Del Rey Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Los Arroyos Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
San Ysidro Park9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
598 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 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 lanes42.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths17.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes15.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball61
- Tennis27
- Baseball15
- Pickleball12
- Tracks8
- Soccer3
- Softball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gilroy'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.