1
Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park
Managed by City of Riverside
1,416 acres27.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Riverside
Riverside, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.9% of Riverside is conserved land, roughly 4,100 acres. There are about 163 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park (27.2 mi), California Citrus State Historic Park (5.5 mi), and Santa Ana River Wildlife Area (4.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Riverside, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Riverside outdoors
Conserved land
7.9%
4,100 of 51,898 acres
Trails
163 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 63 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
59
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
172.1 mi
145.6 mi lanes · 25.6 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
California Citrus State Historic Park
Nature preserve
463 acres5.5 mi of trail
Gage Canal Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Santa Ana River Wildlife Area
Nature preserve
478 acres4.4 mi of trail
Coyote TrailBowie Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Challen Park
Managed by City of Riverside
35 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mount Rubidoux Park
Managed by City of Riverside
177 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Fairmount Park
Managed by City of Riverside
220 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Reid Park
Park
44 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
La Sierra Park
Managed by City of Riverside
24 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 59 parks & preserves
- Box Springs Mountain Open Space (City)43 ac · 1.1 mi trail
- Doty-Trust Park12 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Box Springs Mountain Reserve131 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- John Bryant Park18 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Rutland Park10 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Orange Terrace Community Park24 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Islander Park22 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Arlington Heights Sports Park33 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Don Derr Park27 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Hunt Park14 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Collett Park6 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Taft Park8 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Rancho Loma Park7 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Arlington Park5 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Carlson Bark Park5 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Ryan Bonaminio Park42 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Villegas Park17 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Thundersky Park13 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Myra Linn Park8 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Riverwalk7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Andulka Park36 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Castleview Park33 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Sycamore Highlands Park13 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Don Lorenzi Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Bergmont Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Lincoln Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Loring Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Riverwalk Bark Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Tim Strack Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Highland Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- White Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Patterson Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Washington Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Martha McLean-Anza Narrows Park37 ac · Directions
- Quail Run Open Space34 ac
- Hunter Hobby Park31 ac · Directions
- Bordwell Park23 ac
- Bobby Bonds Park15 ac
- Nichols Park12 ac · Directions
- Mount Vernon Park12 ac
- A D Shamel Park9 ac · Directions
- Mountain View Park7 ac
- Harrison Park6 ac
- Don Jones Park6 ac
- Dario Vasquez Park2 ac · Directions
- Alkali Meadow2 ac · Directions
- North Park1 ac
- La Sierra Univeristy Softball Field1 ac · Directions
- Swanson Park1 ac
- Low Park1 ac · Directions
- Robert M. Howie Plaza1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,100 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 100 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 lanes145.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths25.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis151
- Basketball137
- Baseball103
- Soccer20
- Pickleball18
- Football13
- Beach volleyball12
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Riverside and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 7.9% | 162.5 mi | 59 |
| El Sobrante | 13.4% | 13.6 mi | 1 |
| Highgrove | 14.5% | 3.6 mi | 4 |
| Norco | 4.3% | 72.8 mi | 18 |
| Moreno Valley | 11.3% | 34.8 mi | 33 |
| Woodcrest | 0% | 16.3 mi | 2 |
| March ARB | 2.8% | 23.9 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Riverside'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 38.3-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.