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Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
2,829 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Thousand Palms
Thousand Palms, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 44% of Thousand Palms is conserved land, roughly 6,605 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Thousand Palms, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Thousand Palms outdoors
Conserved land
44%
6,605 of 15,054 acres
Trails
30 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
856 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.8 mi
1.8 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
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
Thousand Palms Community Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Trails
Named trails
Horses 0.7 miUnpaved 14.5 mi
- Vista de Oro1.0 mi
- Vista Chino0.7 mi
- Willis Palms Loop0.7 mi
- Calle Desierto0.5 mi
Who protects the land
6,605 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 79 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 12 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis6
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Thousand Palms
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 6,701 acState Conservation Area 1,899 acState Other or Unknown 1,215 acConservation Easement 54 acUnknown 50 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 6,701 | Restricted |
| Coachella Valley Ecological ReserveState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1,899 | Open |
| Unnamed site - Coachella Valley Mountains ConservancyState Other or Unknown | State conservation | 1,176 | Open |
| Unnamed site - Coachella Valley Conservation CommissionUnknown | Joint | 50 | Open |
| Coachella Valley Preserve - Wildlife Conservation BoardState Other or Unknown | State conservation | 39 | Open |
| Unnamed site - Center for Natural Lands ManagementPrivate Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 38 | Access unknown |
| Thousand Palms Community ParkLocal Park | County | 16 | Restricted |
| Unnamed site - Friends of the Desert MountainsPrivate Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 10 | Open |
| Thousand Palms Community Center and ParkLocal Recreation Area | Regional agency | 3 | Open |
Nearby
Thousand Palms and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Palms | 43.9% | 30.2 mi | 2 |
| Desert Palms | 0.3% | 16.2 mi | 0 |
| Sky Valley | 23.2% | 38.1 mi | 3 |
| Palm Desert | 7.4% | 55.7 mi | 15 |
| Cathedral City | 7.8% | 20.2 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Thousand Palms'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 20.9-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.