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Morro Bay State Park
Nature preserve
973 acres11.8 mi of trail
Black Hill TrailFleming LoopExercise TrailMarina Peninsula Loop TrailSouth Bay Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Morro Bay
Morro Bay, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Morro Bay is conserved land, roughly 1,285 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Morro Bay State Park (11.8 mi) and Morro Strand State Beach (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Morro Bay, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Morro Bay outdoors
Conserved land
20%
1,285 of 6,582 acres
Trails
16 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
120 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.2 mi
6.1 mi lanes · 4.1 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.
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Morro Strand State Beach
Nature preserve
165 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
North Point Natural Area
Managed by City of Morro Bay
6 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Cloisters Community Park
Park
18 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 16 parks & preserves
- Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area489 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Morro Rock Natural Preserve46 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Del Mar Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Morro Strand State Beach Campground7 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Morro Bay State Marine Reserve288 ac · Directions
- Lila Keiser Park6 ac · Directions
- Heron Rookery Natural Preserve6 ac · Directions
- Tidelands Park5 ac · Directions
- Bayshore Bluffs Park3 ac · Directions
- Coleman Park2 ac · Directions
- Morro Bay City Park1 ac · Directions
- Monty Young Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,285 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Golf18
- Basketball9
- Baseball8
- Tennis5
- Pickleball4
- Football2
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Morro Bay and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morro Bay | 19.5% | 15.6 mi | 16 |
| Cayucos | 15.7% | 12.3 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Morro Bay'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.