1
St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve
Managed by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
174 acres3.3 mi of trail
Manzanita TrailFlume TrailJones TrailNovitiate TrailSerpentine Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Los Gatos
Los Gatos, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Los Gatos is conserved land, roughly 1,253 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve (3.3 mi), Heintz Open Space (2.2 mi), and Santa Rosa Openspace (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Los Gatos, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Los Gatos outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,253 of 7,408 acres
Trails
21 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
38 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.9 mi
10.1 mi lanes · 7.7 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
Heintz Open Space
Managed by Town of Los Gatos, Parks and Public Works Department
86 acres2.2 mi of trail
Valley View TrailVista TrailSky Lane Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Santa Rosa Openspace
Nature preserve
57 acres1.1 mi of trail
Santa Rosa TrailRidge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Belgatos Park
Park
17 acres0.8 mi of trail
Ridge TrailSanta Rosa Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Vasona Lake County Park
Managed by Santa Clara County Parks
157 acres0.5 mi of trail
Viola Anderson Native Plant TrailLos Gatos Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 14 parks & preserves
- Worcester Park13 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Oak Meadow Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- La Rinconada Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Blossom Hill Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Live Oak Manor Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Oak Hill Playlot1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Los Gatos Creek County Park8 ac · Directions
- Bachman Park4 ac
Who protects the land
1,253 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 38 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 lanes10.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis67
- Basketball27
- Pickleball20
- Baseball15
- Soccer4
- Lacrosse2
- Volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Los Gatos and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Los Gatos'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.