1
Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park
Managed by Orange County
1,518 acres17.4 mi of trail
Borrego Canyon TrailLine ShackBilly Goat TrailRed Rock Canyon TrailAliso Creek Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Lake Forest
Lake Forest, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Lake Forest is conserved land, roughly 2,176 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park (17.4 mi), Serrano Creek Park (1.7 mi), and Portola Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lake Forest, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lake Forest outdoors
Conserved land
20%
2,176 of 10,705 acres
Trails
41 mi
2.5 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
42
25 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
67.9 mi
48.2 mi lanes · 18.5 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
Serrano Creek Park
Park
47 acres1.7 mi of trail
Serrano Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Portola Park
Park
8 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Tamarisk Park
Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Pittsford Park
Park
10 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Rancho Serrano Park
Managed by City of Lake Forest
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Veterans Park
Park
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Cherry Park
Managed by City of Lake Forest
5 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 42 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 42 parks & preserves
Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park1,518 acres · 17.4 mi of trail · Orange County
Serrano Creek Park47 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Portola Park8 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Tamarisk Park11 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Pittsford Park10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Rancho Serrano Park9 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Lake Forest
Veterans Park6 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Cherry Park5 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Lake Forest
Foothill Ranch Community Park13 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
El Toro Park11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Lake Forest
Who protects the land
2,176 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes48.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths18.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis69
- Basketball42
- Baseball20
- Pickleball13
- Golf10
- Beach volleyball7
- Equestrian7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lake Forest and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest | 20.3% | 41.0 mi | 42 |
| Mission Viejo | 6.8% | 31.7 mi | 46 |
| Trabuco Canyon | 13.6% | 15.7 mi | 1 |
| Irvine | 21.9% | 122.9 mi | 215 |
| Laguna Hills | 3.2% | 12.9 mi | 20 |
| Modjeska | 32.6% | 5.4 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lake Forest'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 20.9-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.