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Bedwell Bayfront Park
Managed by Menlo Park
163 acres10.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Menlo Park
Menlo Park, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 24% of Menlo Park is conserved land, roughly 2,661 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bedwell Bayfront Park (10.1 mi), Flood County Park (1.2 mi), and Ravenswood Open Space Preserve (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Menlo Park, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Menlo Park outdoors
Conserved land
24%
2,661 of 11,070 acres
Trails
22 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
81 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
33.8 mi
17.3 mi lanes · 11.0 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
Flood County Park
Park
24 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Ravenswood Open Space Preserve
Managed by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
275 acres0.6 mi of trail
San Francisco Bay Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Menlo Park Civic Center Complex
Park
13 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Sharon Park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Sharon Hills Park
Managed by City of Menlo Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Sharon Dirt
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Building 20 Rooftop Park
Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Cooley Landing Park
Managed by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 23 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 23 parks & preserves
Bedwell Bayfront Park163 acres · 10.1 mi of trail · Menlo Park
Flood County Park24 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Ravenswood Open Space Preserve275 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Menlo Park Civic Center Complex13 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Sharon Park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Sharon Hills Park9 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Menlo Park
Building 20 Rooftop Park9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Cooley Landing Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Stanford Hills Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Jack W. Lyle Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,661 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 119 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 lanes17.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.6 mi
- San Francisco Bay Trail (bike route)3.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball73
- Tennis33
- Baseball11
- Soccer10
- Pickleball3
- Beach volleyball2
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Menlo Park and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menlo Park | 24% | 22.3 mi | 23 |
| Palo Alto | 40.3% | 81.5 mi | 38 |
| East Palo Alto | 14.5% | 1.4 mi | 7 |
| Redwood City | 23.2% | 14.3 mi | 33 |
| Atherton | 0.7% | 1.3 mi | 2 |
| Stanford | 0% | 7.8 mi | 5 |
| Fremont | 36.6% | 65.8 mi | 59 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Menlo Park'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 26-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.