Photo: Armona · CC BY-SA 3.0Avenal has 41 miles of mapped trails, 2.1 for every square mile of land
6 acres are parks and preserves, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 47% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns · #681 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Avenal?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Avenal have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Avenal is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #681 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
12 conserved acres
under 1% of Avenal’s land. Who manages Avenal’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Coast Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 7 | Open |
| Floyd Rice Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
4 places to go in Avenal
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 named trail
0.0 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 Avenal: 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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 62 | 68 | 74 | 83 | 92 | 98 | 97 | 91 | 80 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 1.6 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Avenal →
Questions about parks and trails in Avenal
How much of Avenal 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 Avenal’s trails?
Floyd Rice Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Avenal?
2,858 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Avenal or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Avenal have?
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #681 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 Avenal 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 →