1
Griffith Park
Managed by City of Los Angeles
4,388 acres77.1 mi of trail
Main TrailSkyline TrailNorth TrailLower Beacon TrailMineral Wells Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Los Angeles is conserved land, roughly 45,295 acres. There are about 702 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Griffith Park (77.1 mi), Topanga State Park (59.4 mi), and Hansen Dam Recreation Area (38.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Los Angeles, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Los Angeles outdoors
Conserved land
14%
45,295 of 320,205 acres
Trails
702 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 479 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
373
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
758.3 mi
488.8 mi lanes · 156.6 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
Topanga State Park
Managed by California Department of Parks and Recreation
8,963 acres59.4 mi of trail
Rogers Road Trail (Backbone Trail)Temescal Ridge TrailGarapito Canyon TrailSanta Ynez TrailFire Road 30
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Hansen Dam Recreation Area
Managed by City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks
1,150 acres38.4 mi of trail
Wentworth TrailWest Golf Course Equestrian TrailEast Lake TrailWest Lake TrailEast Golf Course Equestrian Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Overlook Parking
4
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Managed by National Park Service
19,788 acres18.8 mi of trail
Sullivan Canyon TrailTigertail TrailButtkickerCasa Viejo TrailBundy Gateway Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the trailhead
5
Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area
Park
1,957 acres16.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Managed by United States Forest Service
2,717 acres15.3 mi of trail
Graveyard Truck Trail (Rim of the Valley Trail)Stone Canyon TrailSister Elsie TrailOld Mt Lukens TrailEbey Cyn Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Westridge-Canyonback Wilderness Park
Managed by Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
1,642 acres13.4 mi of trail
Hollyhock TrailSamurai TrailFirst CrackSullivan Canyon Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
8
Elysian Park
Managed by Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
547 acres13.2 mi of trail
Portola Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park875 ac · 11 mi trail · Directions
- La Tuna Canyon Park1,049 ac · 9.1 mi trail · Directions
- LA County Sanitation District Open Space1,875 ac · 8.8 mi trail · Directions
- O'Melveny Park708 ac · 8.8 mi trail · Directions
- Ernest E. Debs Regional Park324 ac · 8.2 mi trail · Directions
- Big Tujunga Wash Mitigation Area213 ac · 7.1 mi trail · Directions
- Big Tujunga Wash Open Space279 ac · 6.6 mi trail · Directions
- Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve269 ac · 6.1 mi trail · Directions
- Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park315 ac · 5.6 mi trail · Directions
- Toyon Canyon Closed Landfill92 ac · 5.6 mi trail · Directions
- Franklin Canyon Park498 ac · 5.4 mi trail · Directions
- Fond Family Open Space577 ac · 5.3 mi trail · Directions
- MRCA Open Space574 ac · 5 mi trail · Directions
- Will Rogers State Historic Park184 ac · 4.7 mi trail · Directions
- Verdugo Mountain Park626 ac · 3.7 mi trail
- Ascot Hills Park75 ac · 3.6 mi trail · Directions
- Temescal Gateway Park164 ac · 3.3 mi trail · Directions
- White Point Nature Preserve98 ac · 3.3 mi trail · Directions
- Wilacre Park128 ac · 3 mi trail · Directions
- Aliso Canyon Park105 ac · 3 mi trail · Directions
- Fryman Canyon Park151 ac · 2.9 mi trail · Directions
- Beilenson Park / Lake Balboa Park161 ac · 2.8 mi trail · Directions
- Palisades Park108 ac · 2.6 mi trail
- Runyon Canyon Park134 ac · 2.5 mi trail · Directions
- Peck Park59 ac · 2.4 mi trail · Directions
- Getty View Park170 ac · 2.2 mi trail · Directions
- El Cariso Park79 ac · 2.2 mi trail · Directions
- Sheldon Arleta Park49 ac · 2 mi trail · Directions
- Limekiln Canyon Park118 ac · 1.9 mi trail · Directions
- Chatsworth Park South72 ac · 1.9 mi trail · Directions
- Banning Park20 ac · 1.9 mi trail
- Woodley Park121 ac · 1.8 mi trail · Directions
- Exposition Park157 ac · 1.7 mi trail · Directions
- Chatsworth Nature Preserve (unfenced)128 ac · 1.7 mi trail · Directions
- Coldwater Canyon Park43 ac · 1.7 mi trail · Directions
- Verdugo Mountains Park Property249 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Rio de Los Angeles State Park36 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Hilton Open Space141 ac · 1.5 mi trail
- Chatsworth Oaks Park46 ac · 1.5 mi trail · Directions
- North Hollywood Park36 ac · 1.5 mi trail · Directions
- Hollenbeck Park23 ac · 1.4 mi trail · Directions
- Algin Sutton Recreation Center20 ac · 1.4 mi trail · Directions
- Mission Canyon Open Space492 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- Deervale-Stone Canyon Park79 ac · 1.3 mi trail
- Los Angeles State Historic Park36 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Hollywood Open Space403 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- LA City Open Space147 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Rose Hill Park66 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Wattles Garden Park59 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Briar Summit Open Space Preserve52 ac · 1.2 mi trail
- Serrania Park52 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Rustic Canyon Park49 ac · 1.2 mi trail
Who protects the land
45,295 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 141 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 511 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes488.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths156.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes113.0 mi
- Old Mission Bike Route (bike route)1.9 mi
- Los Angeles River Greenway (bike route)1.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis1617
- Basketball1026
- Baseball425
- Soccer202
- Golf199
- Volleyball110
- Equestrian93
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Los Angeles and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14.1% | 701.7 mi | 373 |
| Santa Monica | 3.5% | 9.3 mi | 23 |
| Glendale | 30.1% | 80.5 mi | 34 |
| Pasadena | 13.5% | 39.8 mi | 31 |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | 7.5% | 54.2 mi | 23 |
| Burbank | 20.3% | 21.7 mi | 28 |
| Inglewood | 1.6% | 2.0 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Los Angeles'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 115.2-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.