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Ulistac Natural Area
Managed by UNAREP
39 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.9% of Santa Clara is conserved land, roughly 335 acres. There are about 7.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ulistac Natural Area (1.1 mi), Central Park (0.9 mi), and Earl R. Carmichael Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Santa Clara, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Santa Clara outdoors
Conserved land
2.9%
335 of 11,635 acres
Trails
7.9 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
38
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
90.5 mi
68.2 mi lanes · 15.9 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
Central Park
Managed by City of Santa Clara
48 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Earl R. Carmichael Park
Park
8 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Maywood Park
Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Vista Pointe Apartments Park Space
Park
1 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Parkway Park
Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Homeridge Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 38 parks & preserves
- Meadow Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Westwood Oaks Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Lawrence Station Community1 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lick Mill Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Henry Schmidt Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Jenny Strand Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Thamien Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Fuller Street Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Bill Wilson Jr. Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Thomas Barrett Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Montague Park11 ac · Directions
- Reed & Grant Sports Park9 ac · Directions
- Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park9 ac · Directions
- Live Oak Park7 ac · Directions
- Washington Park7 ac · Directions
- Bowers Park7 ac · Directions
- Mary Gomez Park4 ac · Directions
- Larry J. Marsalli Park4 ac · Directions
- Steve Carli Park4 ac
- Warburton Park & Pool4 ac · Directions
- Fairway Glen Park4 ac · Directions
- Bracher Park4 ac · Directions
- Rotary Park3 ac
- Machado Park3 ac
- Everett N. “Eddie” Souza Park & Community Garden2 ac · Directions
- Civic Center Park2 ac · Directions
- Fremont Park2 ac · Directions
- Agnew Park2 ac · Directions
- Everett Alvarez, Jr. Park2 ac
- City Plaza Park2 ac · Directions
- Creekside Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
335 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 lanes68.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths15.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball135
- Tennis87
- Baseball30
- Volleyball27
- Soccer19
- Pickleball16
- Football9
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Santa Clara and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Santa Clara'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-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.