Outdoors · Carson
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About 20% of Carson is conserved land, roughly 20,305 acres. There are about 511 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park (17.3 mi), Silver Saddle Ranch (9.4 mi), and Riverview Park (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
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Conserved land
20%
20,305 of 99,955 acres
Trails
511 mi
3.3 mi per sq mi · 92 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
348 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
46.8 mi
29.2 mi lanes · 17.7 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🏖️ Boaters Beach 🏖️ Creek Beach 🏖️ Secret Cove Beach 🏖️ Whale Beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏊 Hot Tub 🏊 Pool #1 🏊 Pool #2 🏊 Pool #3 🏊 Pool #4 🛝 Blackwell 🛝 Carriage Square Park Playground 🛝 Governor's Field Playground 🛝 John Makins Park Playground 🛝 Monte Vista Playground 🛝 Riley Circle Park Playground 🛝 Ronald D. Wilson Park Playground 🛝 Sonoma Park Playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Ross Gold Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Schulz Ranch Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Pete Livermore Sports Complex 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Long Ranch Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Mills Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Park Terrace Park 🐕 Dog Park 🐕 Sonoma Park 🐕 Unnamed dog park 🐕 Unnamed dog park 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 💧 Lower King's Canyon Waterfall 🔭 Carson Valley Viewpoint 🔭 Marlette Lake Overlook 🔭 Unnamed scenic view ⛰️ Snow Valley Peak ⛰️ McTarnahan Hill ⛰️ Sugarloaf ⛰️ C Hill ⛰️ Prison Hill ⛰️ Centennial Peak ⛰️ Indian Mountain ⛰️ Skinny Ridge Hill ⛰️ Rifle Range Hill ⛰️ Skinny Ridge Bump ⛰️ Crack'in Lake Overlook ⛰️ Sedge Overlook 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Pete Livermore Sports Complex 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Pete Livermore Sports Complex 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Mills Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Mills Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Mills Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Riverview Park 🌱 Carson City Community Garden 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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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 Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park Managed by Nevada State Parks
2,631 acres17.3 mi of trail
Marlette Lake Trail Tahoe Rim Trail Marlette Creek Trail North Canyon Rim Trail Connector Jeep Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
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807 acres9.4 mi of trail
Prison Hill Trail Mexican Dam Trail Prison Hill Recreation Access Desert Peach Prision Hill Recreation Access
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
108 acres1.4 mi of trail
Riverview Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
46 acres0.8 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
20 acres0.6 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directions To Legislature Building Parking Garage
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44 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
7 Fuji Park & Fairgrounds Managed by Carson City
22 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
All 27 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 27 parks & preserves
🌲 Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park 2,631 acres · 17.3 mi of trail · Nevada State Parks
🌳 Silver Saddle Ranch 807 acres · 9.4 mi of trail
🌳 Riverview Park 108 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
🌳 Carson River Park 46 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
🌳 Capitol Complex 20 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
🌳 Mills Park 44 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
🌳 Fuji Park & Fairgrounds 22 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Carson City
🌳 Ross Gold Park 8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
🌳 Long Ranch Park 3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Carson City Parks & Recreation
🌳 Pete Livermore Sports Complex 46 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Carson Show all on map
Showing 1–10 of 12 peaks
⛰️ Snow Valley Peak 9,196 ft elevation
⛰️ McTarnahan Hill 6,857 ft elevation
⛰️ Sugarloaf 5,925 ft elevation
⛰️ C Hill 5,761 ft elevation
⛰️ Prison Hill 5,722 ft elevation
⛰️ Centennial Peak 5,404 ft elevation
⛰️ Indian Mountain 5,400 ft elevation
⛰️ Skinny Ridge Hill 5,210 ft elevation
⛰️ Rifle Range Hill 5,125 ft elevation
⛰️ Skinny Ridge Bump 4,921 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 99.9 mi Horses 60.6 mi Unpaved 279.3 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
Capital to Tahoe Trail 7.1 mi Ash Canyon to Kings Canyon Trail 7.0 mi National Forest Development Road 039 6.1 mi Tahoe Rim Trail 5.4 mi Marlette Creek Trail 3.9 mi Marlette Lake Trail 3.7 mi Unknown 2.8 mi Prison Hill Trail - West 2.5 mi Prison Hill Trail 2.5 mi Centennial Loop 2.4 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
20,305 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
15,250 ac State natural resources
1,351 ac Bureau of Land Management
113 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 44 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 29.2 mi Off-road bike paths 17.7 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi Tahoe Rim Trail (bike route) 4.2 mi
Courts & fields Baseball 23 Tennis 22 Soccer 17 Pickleball 8 Basketball 5 Volleyball 2 Skate park 2 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Carson
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 15,250 ac Local Recreation Area 2,962 ac State Other or Unknown 1,351 ac Local Park 465 ac Federal Other or Unknown 113 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Toiyabe National Forest National Forest U.S. Forest Service 15,250 Open Nevada State Medium Security Prison State Other or Unknown State natural resources 1,137 Closed Lands Bill (Usfs Exchange) Local Recreation Area Town or city 893 Open Bently Local Recreation Area Town or city 485 Open Serpa Local Recreation Area Town or city 423 Open Jarrard Local Recreation Area Town or city 383 Open Horsecreek Local Recreation Area Town or city 370 Open Park State Other or Unknown Other state land 244 Open Nevada State Maximum Security Prison State Other or Unknown State natural resources 214 Closed Wilson Local Recreation Area Town or city 112 Open
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
🏛️ Adams House Building · 1922-23
🏛️ Bank Saloon Building · 1899
🏛️ Korean War Memorial In Riverview Park · Memorial
🏛️ Nevada State Constitution Monument In Capitol Complex · Monument
🏛️ Nevada Vietnam Memorial Memorial
🏛️ Orion Clemens House Building
🪦 Carson Gardens Cemetary Cemetery
🪦 Lone Mountain Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carson'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 53.8-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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