1
Centennial Park
Managed by City of Santa Ana
84 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Santa Ana
Santa Ana, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.7% of Santa Ana is conserved land, roughly 650 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Centennial Park (2.6 mi), Carl Thornton Park (1.4 mi), and Santiago Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Santa Ana, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Santa Ana outdoors
Conserved land
3.7%
650 of 17,475 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
37
2 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
49.8 mi
26.3 mi lanes · 19.7 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
Carl Thornton Park
Managed by City of Santa Ana
35 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Santiago Park
Park
33 acres1.3 mi of trail
Santiago Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park
Park
19 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Bomo Koral Park
Managed by City of Santa Ana
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
6
Rosita Park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Mabury Park
Park
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Windsor Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 37 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 37 parks & preserves
Centennial Park84 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · City of Santa Ana
Carl Thornton Park35 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · City of Santa Ana
Santiago Park33 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park19 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Bomo Koral Park9 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · City of Santa Ana
Rosita Park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Mabury Park6 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Windsor Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Portola Park8 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Morrison Park5 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Who protects the land
650 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 51 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes26.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths19.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball115
- Tennis78
- Baseball40
- Pickleball35
- Soccer25
- Football14
- Volleyball13
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Santa Ana and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ana | 3.7% | 15.3 mi | 37 |
| Tustin | 4% | 19.8 mi | 23 |
| Orange | 9.2% | 54.8 mi | 28 |
| Garden Grove | 1.4% | 2.7 mi | 19 |
| Fountain Valley | 12% | 9.5 mi | 22 |
| Costa Mesa | 9.4% | 19.0 mi | 30 |
| Irvine | 21.9% | 122.9 mi | 215 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Santa Ana'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 20.7-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.