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Brand Park
Managed by City of Glendale
662 acres8.1 mi of trail
Brand MotorwayBamboo Ruins TrailSkyline MotorwayVerdugo Crest TrailBrand Gravesite Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Glendale
Glendale, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Glendale is conserved land, roughly 5,877 acres. There are about 81 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Brand Park (8.1 mi), Deukmejian Wilderness Park (7.7 mi), and San Rafael Hills Open Space (7.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Glendale, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Glendale outdoors
Conserved land
30%
5,877 of 19,501 acres
Trails
81 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 57 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
34
31 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
35.9 mi
12.1 mi lanes · 0.8 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
Deukmejian Wilderness Park
Managed by City of Glendale
725 acres7.7 mi of trail
Rim of the Valley TrailCrescenta View TrailLe Mesnager Loop TrailDunsmore Canyon TrailCoyote's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
San Rafael Hills Open Space
Managed by City of Glendale
592 acres7.5 mi of trail
Ridge MotorwayCatalina Verdugo TrailRidge Lateral MtrwyDescanso MotorwayThurlene Extension
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Henderson Canyon Open Space
Managed by County of Los Angeles
207 acres3.7 mi of trail
Verdugo MotorwayVerdugo Crest TrailPlantation Lateral
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Verdugo Mountains Open Space Preserve
Managed by Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
244 acres2.1 mi of trail
Scott's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
6
Crescenta Valley Park
Park
37 acres1.7 mi of trail
Hindenberg Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Dunsmore Park
Park
10 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Montrose Community Park
Park
15 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 34 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 34 parks & preserves
Brand Park662 acres · 8.1 mi of trail · City of Glendale
Deukmejian Wilderness Park725 acres · 7.7 mi of trail · City of Glendale
San Rafael Hills Open Space592 acres · 7.5 mi of trail · City of Glendale
Henderson Canyon Open Space207 acres · 3.7 mi of trail · County of Los Angeles
Verdugo Mountains Open Space Preserve244 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Crescenta Valley Park37 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Dunsmore Park10 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Montrose Community Park15 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Verdugo Park42 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Fremont Park8 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Who protects the land
5,877 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 63 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 lanes12.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes23.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis60
- Golf58
- Basketball49
- Baseball18
- Soccer7
- Volleyball6
- Pickleball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Glendale and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | 30.1% | 80.5 mi | 34 |
| La Crescenta-Montrose | 4.3% | 0.6 mi | 2 |
| Los Angeles | 14.1% | 701.7 mi | 373 |
| La Cañada Flintridge | 10.1% | 27.2 mi | 10 |
| Burbank | 20.3% | 21.7 mi | 28 |
| Pasadena | 13.5% | 39.8 mi | 31 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Glendale'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 27.6-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.