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Manresa State Beach
Nature preserve
141 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · La Selva Beach
La Selva Beach, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of La Selva Beach is conserved land, roughly 600 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Manresa State Beach (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in La Selva Beach, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
La Selva Beach outdoors
Conserved land
18%
600 of 3,374 acres
Trails
12 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
261 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.1 mi
4.1 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
Place De Mer Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District
Managed by Soquel Creek Water District
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
La Selva Open Space
Managed by La Selva Beach Recreation District
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
600 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 29 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 lanes4.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Basketball2
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
La Selva Beach and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Selva Beach | 17.8% | 11.9 mi | 4 |
| Rio del Mar | 10.4% | 2.0 mi | 7 |
| Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley | 9.1% | 3.8 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about La Selva Beach'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.