1
Jose Avenue Park
Managed by Santa Cruz, County of
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Live Oak
Live Oak, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Live Oak is conserved land, roughly 48 acres. There are about 3.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Live Oak, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Live Oak outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
48 of 2,066 acres
Trails
3.5 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
10
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.5 mi
11.7 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Rodeo Creek Gulch
Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Arana Gulch
Managed by Santa Cruz, City of
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Brommer Street Park
Park
9 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Jose Avenue Park6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Santa Cruz, County of
Winkle Farm Park7 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Brommer Street Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Coffee Lane Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Hestwood Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Santa Cruz, County of
Rodeo Creek Gulch15 acres
Arana Gulch14 acres · Santa Cruz, City of
Chanticleer County Park5 acres
Highfield Greenbelt4 acres
Santa Cruz Gardens Park2 acres
Who protects the land
48 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 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 lanes11.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball8
- Basketball7
- Tennis6
- Beach volleyball1
- Skate park1
- Soccer1
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Live Oak and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak | 2.3% | 3.5 mi | 10 |
| Santa Cruz | 20.6% | 76.0 mi | 54 |
| Capitola | 11.5% | 2.3 mi | 10 |
| Soquel | 4.3% | 6.8 mi | 7 |
| Twin Lakes | 13.6% | 2.9 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Live Oak'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.