Outdoors · Tecopa

Tecopa, CA parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.8% of Tecopa is conserved land, roughly 575 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kingston Range Wilderness (0.8 mi) and Tecopa Ecological Reserve (0.6 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Tecopa, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Tecopa outdoors

Conserved land
4.8%
575 of 11,886 acres
Trails
27 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

123
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.
1

Kingston Range Wilderness

Managed by Bureau of Land Management
55 acres0.8 mi of trail
Amargosa River TrailAmargosa Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Tecopa Ecological Reserve

Managed by California Department of Fish and Wildlife
72 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Tecopa Park & Campground

Managed by Inyo County Parks And Recreation
34 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Scenic views in Tecopa
Willow Creek Canyon Overlook
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 7.6 mi
  • AR04133.8 mi
  • Amargosa Trail1.8 mi
  • Amargosa River Trail1.3 mi
  • AR14200.5 mi
  • AR0310.3 mi
  • Old Spanish Trail Highway0.2 mi
  • AR03320.2 mi
  • Bonita Vista0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

575 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
626 ac
State Department of Land
184 ac
State fish & wildlife
69 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
2 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 243 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 lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball1
  • Baseball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Tecopa

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 449 acState Resource Management Area 184 acPrivate Conservation 143 acState Conservation Area 69 acUnknown Easement 36 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
California State Lands CommissionState Resource Management AreaState Department of Land184Open
Amargosa River PreservePrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits73Restricted
AmargosaPrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits69Closed
Tecopa Ecological ReserveState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife69Open
History

Historic places to visit

Tecopa CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Tecopa'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 27.4-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.

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