1
San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Preserve
Managed by County of San Diego
45 acres1.4 mi of trail
Solana Hills TrailHolmwood Canyon TrailRios Avenue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Solana Beach
Solana Beach, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.6% of Solana Beach is conserved land, roughly 58 acres. There are about 5.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Preserve (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Solana Beach, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Solana Beach outdoors
Conserved land
2.6%
58 of 2,240 acres
Trails
5.7 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
5 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
15.0 mi
9.6 mi lanes · 2.4 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
La Colonia Park
Park
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Fletcher Cove Beach Park
Park
3 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Tide Beach Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
58 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 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 lanes9.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis42
- Basketball17
- Pickleball6
- Baseball4
- Soccer2
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Solana Beach and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Solana Beach'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.