1
Palisades Park
Park
22 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Santa Monica
Santa Monica, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.5% of Santa Monica is conserved land, roughly 387 acres. There are about 9.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Palisades Park (2.5 mi), Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (1.4 mi), and Tongva Park (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Santa Monica, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Santa Monica outdoors
Conserved land
3.5%
387 of 10,947 acres
Trails
9.3 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
4 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
65.7 mi
39.2 mi lanes · 8.8 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
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Managed by National Park Service
244 acres1.4 mi of trail
Bay Street Path
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Tongva Park
Park
6 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Clover Park
Park
19 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 23 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 23 parks & preserves
Palisades Park22 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area244 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · National Park Service
Tongva Park6 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Virginia Avenue Park9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Ocean View Park5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Reed Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Douglas Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Hotchkiss Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Clover Park19 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Airport Park13 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
387 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes39.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes17.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis47
- Basketball43
- Beach volleyball20
- Baseball10
- Soccer7
- Football4
- Tracks3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Santa Monica and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Monica | 3.5% | 9.3 mi | 23 |
| Los Angeles | 14.1% | 701.7 mi | 373 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Santa Monica'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 20.2-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.