Bayley Hotel · Photo: YankeeSpirit · CC BY-SA 3.0Auburn Lake Trails has 590 acres of parks, 180 for every 1,000 residents
13 miles of mapped trail cross Auburn Lake Trails, 1.0 per square mile of land. 8% of Auburn Lake Trails’ land is conserved, about 638 acres. 43% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 80% of U.S. towns · #282 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Auburn Lake Trails?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Auburn Lake Trails have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Auburn Lake Trails is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns, #282 of 847 in California. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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638 conserved acres
8% of Auburn Lake Trails’ land. Who manages Auburn Lake Trails’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn State Recreation Area State Recreation Area | State parks | 638 | Open |
13 named trails
3 more trails
0.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Auburn Lake Trails: May and June
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 76 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 6.7 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Auburn Lake Trails →
Questions about parks and trails in Auburn Lake Trails
How much of Auburn Lake Trails is conserved land?
8% 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.
Where can I bike in Auburn Lake Trails?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Auburn Lake Trails?
65,913 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Auburn Lake Trails or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 638 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Auburn Lake Trails have?
Ahead of 80% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #282 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 Auburn Lake Trails neighbors.
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 →