1
Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
Nature preserve
505 acres4.6 mi of trail
Green Valley Truck TrailCreekside TrailToretto Outlook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Poway
Poway, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 27% of Poway is conserved land, roughly 6,706 acres. There are about 110 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Blue Sky Ecological Reserve (4.6 mi), Lake Poway Recreation Area (2.9 mi), and Meadowbrook Ecological Reserve (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Poway, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Poway outdoors
Conserved land
27%
6,706 of 24,967 acres
Trails
110 mi
2.8 mi per sq mi · 56 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
138 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
42.2 mi
38.2 mi lanes · 0.7 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
Lake Poway Recreation Area
Park
155 acres2.9 mi of trail
Lake Poway TrailSumac Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
Meadowbrook Ecological Reserve
Managed by California Department of Fish and Wildlife
147 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Aubrey Park
Managed by City of Poway
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Valle Verde Park
Park
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Silverset Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
7
Mission Trails Regional Park
Nature preserve
32 acres0.3 mi of trail
Beeler Canyon Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Ipai Waaypuk
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 17 parks & preserves
- Garden Road Park5 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Poway Community Park20 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Old Poway Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hilleary Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Adobe Ridge Neighborhood Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Arbolitos Mini Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Starridge Park26 ac
- Poway Sportspark14 ac · Directions
- Arbolitos Sports Fields6 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
6,706 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,562 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 337 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes38.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis44
- Basketball34
- Baseball28
- Soccer7
- Equestrian4
- Pickleball3
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Poway and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poway | 26.9% | 110.0 mi | 17 |
| San Diego | 25% | 723.3 mi | 297 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Poway'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 28.8-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.