Outdoors · Mountain Center

Mountain Center, CA parks, trails & bike paths

About 62% of Mountain Center is conserved land, roughly 742 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in San Bernardino National Forest (2.5 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mountain Center, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Mountain Center outdoors

Conserved land
62%
742 of 1,202 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
3.1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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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San Bernardino National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
646 acres2.5 mi of trail
Blodgett Flat TrailLower South Ridge TrailFuel Break Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Mountain Center
McCall Memorial Equestrian ParkFee · Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 2.8 miHorses 3.0 miUnpaved 2.4 mi
  • Blodgett Flat Trail1.3 mi
  • McCall Park Trail1.0 mi
  • Lower South Ridge Trail0.5 mi
  • Fuel Break Trail0.5 mi
  • Interior Park Trail 30.2 mi
Who protects the land

742 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
657 ac
Regional agency
85 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball1
  • Tennis1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Mountain Center

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 657 acLocal Park 85 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
San Bernardino National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service657Open
McCall Memorial ParkLocal ParkRegional agency85Open
Nearby

Mountain Center and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Mountain Center61.7%5.9 mi1
Idyllwild-Pine Cove46.8%70.3 mi5
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Mountain Center'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.

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