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Outdoors in Butte Meadows

Few parks or trails are on the map in Butte Meadows

2% of Butte Meadows’ land is conserved, about 30 acres. 1.6 miles of mapped trail cross Butte Meadows, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
2%
30 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
1.6 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

30 conserved acres

2% of Butte Meadows’ land. Who manages Butte Meadows’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service30 ac
National Forest · 30 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lassen National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service30Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Butte Meadows

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Campgrounds in Butte Meadows
Butte Meadows Campground
Directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Butte Meadows: May 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)474953586777868580685346
Rain (in)12.611.711.16.03.81.30.10.20.53.97.414.2

July is the driest month (0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 14.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Butte Meadows →

Questions about parks and trails in Butte Meadows

Is there public land near Butte Meadows?

83,506 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Butte Meadows or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 30 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Butte Meadows neighbors.

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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 →