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El Dorado Community Park
Park
17 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Salinas
Salinas, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.7% of Salinas is conserved land, roughly 706 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in El Dorado Community Park (1.1 mi), Sherwood Park (0.8 mi), and Montebella Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Salinas, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Salinas outdoors
Conserved land
4.7%
706 of 14,998 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
33
4 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
71.1 mi
53.4 mi lanes · 11.4 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
Sherwood Park
Park
27 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Montebella Park
Park
18 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Cesar Chavez Community Park
Park
30 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Gabilan Creek Wilderness Sanctuary
Park
27 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Nativiad Creek Park
Park
34 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Central Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Closter Park
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 33 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 33 parks & preserves
El Dorado Community Park17 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Sherwood Park27 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Montebella Park18 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Cesar Chavez Community Park30 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Gabilan Creek Wilderness Sanctuary27 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Nativiad Creek Park34 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Central Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Closter Park7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
McKinnon Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Constitution Soccer Fields30 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
706 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. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 56 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes53.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball62
- Tennis52
- Baseball46
- Soccer16
- Golf10
- Football7
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Salinas'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 20.6-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.