Pinole Shores Park
Managed by East Bay Regional Park District
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
San Francisco Bay Trail
Dogs allowed
No trailhead mapped yet
A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Bayview
43% of Bayview’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Bayview, 4.3 per square mile of land. 43% of Bayview’s land is conserved, about 81 acres.
Ahead of 96% of U.S. towns · #102 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
43%
81 acres · of 0.3 sq mi of land
Trails
1.3 mi
4.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
23 ac
8.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Bayview?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bayview have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bayview is ahead of 96% of U.S. towns, #102 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bayview’s overall grade.
Conserved land43% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%A+Trails4.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land8.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (23 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 96%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 88%
Water is 21% of Bayview’s area (0 of 0 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 33%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. 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 Pinole Shores Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
San Pablo Bay Regional Shoreline
Managed by East Bay Regional Park District
87 acres0.5 mi of trail
San Francisco Bay Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
81 conserved acres
43% of Bayview’s land. Water is left out: Bayview has 0.3 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bayview’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency81 ac
Local Park · 81 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pablo Bay Regional Shoreline Local Park | Regional agency | 81 | Closed |
Things to do
3 places to go in Bayview
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Bayview
2 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Scenic views in Bayview
Wilson PointIn San Pablo Bay Regional Shoreline
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.6 mi
San Francisco Bay Trail0.6 mi
When to get out
The best walking months in Bayview: April to August
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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 64 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 4.5 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 4.6 inches fall in January, the wettest month. The climate in Bayview →
Next door
Bayview and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview | 43% | 4.3 | 8 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Pinole | 11% | 2.2 | 18 | 97% | A |
| Montalvin Manor | 6% | 0.9 | 6 | 99%+ | A− |
| Richmond | 34% | 2.2 | 37 | 98% | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bayview
Where can I hike in Bayview?
The longest trail networks: Pinole Shores Park, 0.7 miles; San Pablo Bay Regional Shoreline, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bayview is conserved land?
43% 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 Bayview’s trails?
OpenStreetMap records dogs as welcome at Pinole Shores Park. For the rest, check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bayview?
34,936 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayview or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bayview have?
Ahead of 96% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #102 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 Bayview 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 →