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Harry Griffen Regional Park
Park
41 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · La Mesa
La Mesa, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of La Mesa is conserved land, roughly 188 acres. There are about 2.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Harry Griffen Regional Park (1 mi) and Briercrest Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in La Mesa, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
La Mesa outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
188 of 5,796 acres
Trails
2.4 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
31.2 mi
26.8 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Briercrest Park
Park
5 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
MacArthur Park
Park
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
La Mesita Park
Park
11 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
Harry Griffen Regional Park41 acres · 1 mi of trail
Briercrest Park5 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Aztec Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Northmont Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
La Mesita Park11 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Jackson Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
MacArthur Park21 acres
Sunset Park7 acres
Collier Park7 acres
Highwood Park5 acres
Who protects the land
188 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 50 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 lanes26.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis19
- Baseball10
- Basketball7
- Pickleball4
- Soccer2
- Football1
- Tracks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
La Mesa and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Mesa | 3.2% | 2.4 mi | 15 |
| Casa de Oro-Mount Helix | 0.7% | 1.1 mi | 1 |
| San Diego | 25% | 723.3 mi | 297 |
| El Cajon | 2.6% | 3.2 mi | 12 |
| Lemon Grove | 0.8% | 1.5 mi | 4 |
| Spring Valley | 28.4% | 9.7 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about La Mesa'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.