1
Swasey Recreation Area
Managed by Bureau of Land Management
238 acres3 mi of trail
Wintu YemerEnticerOwen's Run
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Shasta
Shasta, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.1% of Shasta is conserved land, roughly 287 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Swasey Recreation Area (3 mi) and Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area - Whiskeytown Unit (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Shasta, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Shasta outdoors
Conserved land
4.1%
287 of 6,959 acres
Trails
33 mi
3.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
207 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.9 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
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area - Whiskeytown Unit
Managed by National Park Service
76 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Shasta State Historic Park
Managed by California Department of Parks and Recreation
25 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
287 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 6 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Shasta and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta | 4.1% | 33.4 mi | 3 |
| Centerville | 0.2% | 13.2 mi | 1 |
| Redding | 6.4% | 155.5 mi | 36 |
| Keswick | 23% | 10.9 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Shasta'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.