1
American River Parkway
Managed by Sacramento County Parks
349 acres2 mi of trail
River Discovery Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Gold River
Gold River, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Gold River is conserved land, roughly 188 acres. There are about 2.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in American River Parkway (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gold River, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gold River outdoors
Conserved land
11%
188 of 1,744 acres
Trails
2.1 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
24 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
18.6 mi
8.2 mi lanes · 10.4 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
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
Managed by California Department of Parks and Recreation
68 acres
Dog rules not recorded
3
Gold River Park
Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Gold Station Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
188 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes8.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths10.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis24
- Pickleball10
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Gold River and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold River | 10.7% | 2.1 mi | 4 |
| Fair Oaks | 21.7% | 40.4 mi | 12 |
| Rancho Cordova | 10.6% | 28.3 mi | 28 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gold River'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.