Photo: Jey0h · CC BY 3.0Buttonwillow has 27 acres of parks, 23 for every 1,000 residents
87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Buttonwillow, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Buttonwillow?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Buttonwillow have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Buttonwillow is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls 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.
23 conserved acres
under 1% of Buttonwillow’s land. Who manages Buttonwillow’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttonwillow Park Local Park | County | 23 | Open |
2 places to go in Buttonwillow
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Buttonwillow: 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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 85 | 93 | 98 | 97 | 92 | 81 | 68 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
August is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 1.2 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Buttonwillow →
Questions about parks and trails in Buttonwillow
How much of Buttonwillow 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 Buttonwillow’s trails?
Buttonwillow Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Buttonwillow?
5,309 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Buttonwillow or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 27 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Buttonwillow have?
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Buttonwillow 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 →