Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Boyes Hot Springs
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns · #762 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Boyes Hot Springs?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Boyes Hot Springs have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Boyes Hot Springs is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns, #762 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles 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.
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 Boyes Hot Springs: 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 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 5.8 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 5.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Boyes Hot Springs →
Boyes Hot Springs and its neighbors
Boyes Hot Springs has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyes Hot Springs | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 99%+ | C− |
| Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente | 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 75% | C− |
| El Verano | 3% | 0.2 | 7 | 92% | B− |
| Eldridge | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 84% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Boyes Hot Springs
How much of Boyes Hot Springs 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.
Is there public land near Boyes Hot Springs?
17,507 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Boyes Hot Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Boyes Hot Springs have?
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #762 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 Boyes Hot Springs 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 →