Outdoors · Truckee
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About 17% of Truckee is conserved land, roughly 3,618 acres. There are about 118 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Tahoe National Forest (19.6 mi), Canyon Springs (8.1 mi), and Old Greenwood (2.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Truckee, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
17%
3,618 of 21,428 acres
Trails
118 mi
3.5 mi per sq mi · 38 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
212 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
52.6 mi
29.9 mi lanes · 22.7 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
🏖️ China Cove Beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏊 Northwoods Pool 🛝 Unnamed playground in West End Beach Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Meadow Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Bill Rose Memorial Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Truckee River Regional Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch in Donner Lake Launching Facility 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🔭 Unnamed scenic view 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement ⛰️ Alder Hill 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🏕️ Alder Creek Campground 🏕️ Donner Memorial State Park Creek Campground 🏕️ Donner Memorial State Park Ridge Campground 🏕️ Donner Memorial State Park Splitrock Campground 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Tahoe National Forest Managed by United States Forest Service
1,605 acres19.6 mi of trail
Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail Alder Creek Spur West Alder Creek Spur East Stockrest Springs Trail Emigrant Trail Access
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Canyon Springs Managed by Truckee Donner Land Trust
267 acres8.1 mi of trail
Lower Roscoe's
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
3 Old Greenwood Managed by Truckee Donner Land Trust
256 acres2.9 mi of trail
Overland Trail Connector Bypass
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement Managed by Truckee Donner Land Trust
231 acres2.8 mi of trail
Donner Lake Rim Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
5 Truckee River Regional Park Park
55 acres1.1 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
6 Airport Flats Managed by Truckee Donner Land Trust
75 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
7 Truckee River Wildlife Area Nature preserve
56 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
8 Riverview Sports Park Park
23 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 20 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 20 parks & preserves
🌲 Tahoe National Forest 1,605 acres · 19.6 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
🌲 Canyon Springs 267 acres · 8.1 mi of trail · Truckee Donner Land Trust
🌲 Old Greenwood 256 acres · 2.9 mi of trail · Truckee Donner Land Trust
🌲 Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement 231 acres · 2.8 mi of trail · Truckee Donner Land Trust
🌳 Truckee River Regional Park 55 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
🌲 Airport Flats 75 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Truckee Donner Land Trust
🌲 Truckee River Wildlife Area 56 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
🌳 Riverview Sports Park 23 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
🌳 Glenshire Elementary School Park 25 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
🌲 Pineforest 126 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Truckee Donner Land Trust
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Truckee Show all on map
🏕️ Donner Memorial State Park Creek Campground Fee · California State Parks
🏕️ Donner Memorial State Park Ridge Campground California State Parks
🏕️ Donner Memorial State Park Splitrock Campground California State Parks
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 20.9 mi Horses 14.1 mi Unpaved 73.1 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
East Perimeter Trail 7.4 mi Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail 2.5 mi Donner Lake Rim Trail 2.5 mi Powerline Trail 2.2 mi Alder Creek Trail 1.9 mi Alder Creek Spur West 1.5 mi Alder Creek Spur East 1.3 mi Stockrest Springs Trail 1.1 mi Lakeside Interpretive Trail 1.1 mi Zig-Zag Trail 1.0 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
3,618 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
1,771 ac Land trusts & nonprofits
884 ac State fish & wildlife
256 ac State Department of Land
147 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 300 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 lanes 29.9 mi Off-road bike paths 22.7 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi Donner Lake Rim Trail (bike route) 2.5 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 19 Soccer 9 Baseball 6 Basketball 3 Football 1 Beach volleyball 1 Skate park 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Truckee
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 1,771 ac State Park 472 ac Private Recreation or Education 306 ac Conservation Easement 251 ac Private Conservation 250 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Tahoe National Forest National Forest U.S. Forest Service 1,771 Open Donner Memorial State Park State Park State parks 472 Open Old Greenwood Golf Course Private Recreation or Education Land trusts & nonprofits 255 Restricted Truckee River Wildlife Area State Conservation Area State fish & wildlife 243 Open California State Lands Commission State Resource Management Area State Department of Land 147 Open Pineforest Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 130 Open Airport Flats Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 74 Open Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District 1 Local Recreation Area Regional agency 57 Open Ponderosa Golf Course Private Recreation or Education Land trusts & nonprofits 51 Restricted River View Sports Park Local Recreation Area Regional agency 38 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🏛️ Donner Camp Plaque · 1961
🏛️ Pioneer Monument Monument · 1918-06-06
🏛️ Schallenberger Cabin Site Plaque
🏛️ Truckee Train Depot Building
🏛️ Victory Highway Monument War memorial
🪦 Truckee Cemetery Cemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Truckee'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 24.6-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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