Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park
Park
115 acres1.1 mi of trail
Ahwahnee Hills Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Ahwahnee
Ahwahnee has 147 acres of parks, 101 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park (1.1 mi). 7% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Ahwahnee, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
26 acres · of 11.5 sq mi of land
Trails
1.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
147 ac
101 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
7%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Ahwahnee?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ahwahnee have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ahwahnee is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ahwahnee’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4CPark land101 acres of park per 1,000 residents (147 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13AParks close to home7% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 30%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park, with 1.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park
Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
26 conserved acres
under 1% of Ahwahnee’s land. Who manages Ahwahnee’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks26 ac
State Historic or Cultural Area · 26 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassama Round House State Historic Park State Historic or Cultural Area | State parks | 26 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Ahwahnee
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Campgrounds in Ahwahnee
Sierra Meadows
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Ahwahnee Hills Loop1.1 mi
When to get out
The best walking months in Ahwahnee: April and May
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 58 | 63 | 68 | 77 | 88 | 96 | 95 | 89 | 77 | 64 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
August is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 5.7 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ahwahnee →
Next door
Ahwahnee and its neighbors
Ahwahnee has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahwahnee | under 1% | 0.1 | 101 | 7% | C |
| Nipinnawasee | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ahwahnee
Where can I hike in Ahwahnee?
The longest trail networks: Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park, 1.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Ahwahnee is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Ahwahnee’s trails?
Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park and Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ahwahnee?
95,793 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ahwahnee or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 190 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ahwahnee have?
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ahwahnee neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →