More than half of Cedar Ridge’s land is conserved: 54%
54% of Cedar Ridge’s land is conserved, about 2,708 acres. 3.7 miles of mapped trail cross Cedar Ridge, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Cedar Ridge?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Cedar Ridge have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cedar Ridge is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park 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
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2,708 conserved acres
54% of Cedar Ridge’s land. Who manages Cedar Ridge’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanislaus National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 2,708 | Open |
1 places to go in Cedar Ridge
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Cedar Ridge: May and June
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) | 52 | 54 | 58 | 62 | 70 | 80 | 88 | 88 | 83 | 72 | 59 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 7.5 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 8.1 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cedar Ridge →
Questions about parks and trails in Cedar Ridge
How much of Cedar Ridge is conserved land?
54% 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 Cedar Ridge?
129,003 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cedar Ridge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,726 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cedar Ridge have?
Ahead of 36% 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 Cedar Ridge 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 →