1
American River Parkway
Managed by Sacramento County Parks
2,129 acres20.6 mi of trail
Levee PathAmerican River Levee Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sacramento
Sacramento, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.2% of Sacramento is conserved land, roughly 5,899 acres. There are about 96 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in American River Parkway (20.6 mi), William Land Park (3.2 mi), and Capitol Park (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sacramento, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sacramento outdoors
Conserved land
9.2%
5,899 of 64,130 acres
Trails
96 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 69 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
167
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
454.1 mi
320.4 mi lanes · 117.4 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
William Land Park
Park
234 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Capitol Park
Park
38 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Capitol Garage
4
Sutter's Landing Regional Park
Park
220 acres2 mi of trail
Levee Path
Dog rules not recorded
5
North Natomas Regional Park
Park
232 acres1.7 mi of trail
Unpaved
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
North Natomas Community Park
Park
37 acres1.2 mi of trail
large rock path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
San Juan Reservoir Park
Park
31 acres1.1 mi of trail
Fisherman’s Lake Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Hansen Ranch Park
Park
263 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 167 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 167 parks & preserves
American River Parkway2,129 acres · 20.6 mi of trail · Sacramento County Parks
William Land Park234 acres · 3.2 mi of trail
Capitol Park38 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
Sutter's Landing Regional Park220 acres · 2 mi of trail
North Natomas Regional Park232 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
North Natomas Community Park37 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
San Juan Reservoir Park31 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Hansen Ranch Park263 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park7 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
McKinley Park28 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Who protects the land
5,899 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 5 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 lanes320.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths117.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes16.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis187
- Basketball184
- Baseball92
- Soccer68
- Skate park13
- Football10
- Pickleball9
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Sacramento and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 9.2% | 95.7 mi | 167 |
| Arden-Arcade | 3.3% | 17.3 mi | 19 |
| West Sacramento | 1.8% | 31.4 mi | 19 |
| Lemon Hill | 3% | 0.4 mi | 3 |
| Florin | 2.3% | 2.3 mi | 13 |
| McClellan Park | 0.6% | 0.6 mi | 1 |
| North Highlands | 1.3% | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sacramento'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 43.4-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.