Rotary Youth Park
Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Bruce Fingerhood from Springfield, Oregon, US · CC BY 2.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Alturas
Alturas has 43 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents
2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Alturas, 0.8 per square mile of land. 2% of Alturas’ land is conserved, about 36 acres. 70% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns · #427 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
36 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
43 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
70%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Alturas?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Alturas have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Alturas is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns, #427 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Alturas’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (43 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13BParks close to home70% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 62%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 50%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Warner Street Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by US Fish and Wildlife Service
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Alturas Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
36 conserved acres
2% of Alturas’ land. Who manages Alturas’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city33 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6 ac
Local Park · 29 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 6 acLocal Recreation Area · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alturas Park Local Park | Town or city | 29 | Open |
| Modoc National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 6 | Restricted |
| Warner Disc Golf Course Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 4 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Alturas
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Alturas
Best Western Trailside Inn
DirectionsPlus 1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Playgrounds in Alturas
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
9Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Alturas: May, June and September
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) | 9.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 89 | 87 | 80 | 66 | 51 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
July is the driest month (0.2 in) and the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 1.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Alturas →
Questions about parks and trails in Alturas
How much of Alturas is conserved land?
2% 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 Alturas’ trails?
Rotary Youth Park and Warner Street Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Alturas?
112,745 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Alturas or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 43 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Alturas have?
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #427 of 847 in California. 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 Alturas 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 →