Ross, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.1% of Ross is conserved land, roughly 60 acres. There are about 2.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bald Hill Open Space Preserve (1.4 mi) and Ross Open Space (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ross, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
Ross outdoors
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.
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Parks & preserves with trails
Ross Open Space
Upper Toyon Ridge Nature Preserve (WAN)
Ross Commons
60 conserved acres
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Pickleball2
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Ross and its neighbors
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | 6.1% | 2.4 mi | 5 |
| Kentfield | 21.6% | 9.4 mi | 6 |
| San Anselmo | 9.9% | 6.4 mi | 17 |
| San Rafael | 25.9% | 59.2 mi | 28 |
Conditions & tips from neighbors
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.