Pat Williams Park
Park
25 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: en:User:Epolk Eric Polk · CC BY-SA 2.5B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Brawley
Brawley has 182 acres of parks, 6.7 for every 1,000 residents
95% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Pat Williams Park (0.7 mi). 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Brawley, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns · #581 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
135 acres · of 8.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
182 ac
6.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
8.1 mi
3.1 mi lanes
What kind of outdoors town is Brawley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Brawley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brawley is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns, #581 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Brawley’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4CPark land6.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (182 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home95% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 45%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 31%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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
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 Pat Williams Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Cattle Call Park
Park
61 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Jeffery Thornton Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 15 parks & preserves
Pat Williams Park25 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Cattle Call Park61 acres
Park (Proposed)13 acres
DirectionsJeffery Thornton Park8 acres
Hinojosa Park7 acres
Warne Field6 acres
DirectionsGonzalez Park4 acres
Meserve Park4 acres
Wiest Lions Field4 acres
DirectionsAlyce Gereaux Park4 acres
DirectionsGuadalupe Park4 acres
DirectionsPlaza Park4 acres
Crestview Park1 acres
Ridge Park1 acres
Jeff Kissee Park1 acres
Who protects it
135 conserved acres
3% of Brawley’s land. Who manages Brawley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city142 ac
Local Park · 132 acLocal Recreation Area · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary Park Local Park | Town or city | 50 | Open |
| Pat Williams Park Local Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Hinojosa Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Volunteer Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Jeff Thornton Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Davis Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Beechey Field Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Wiest Field Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Alyce Gereaux Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Gonzalez Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
8 places to go in Brawley
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Brawley
8 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
8.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
3.1 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
4.9 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
10Baseball
10Tennis
8Basketball
3Multi-sport
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Brawley
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 75 | 81 | 87 | 96 | 104 | 108 | 108 | 103 | 92 | 79 | 69 |
| Rain (in) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 108 °F). 0.5 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 108 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brawley →
Questions about parks and trails in Brawley
Where can I hike in Brawley?
The longest trail networks: Pat Williams Park, 0.7 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Brawley is conserved land?
3% 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 Brawley’s trails?
Pat Williams Park and Cattle Call Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Brawley?
8.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.1 of painted or protected lanes and 4.9 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Brawley?
4,714 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brawley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 182 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Brawley have?
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #581 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 Brawley 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 →