Few parks or trails are on the map in Desert View Highlands
1.9 miles of mapped trail cross Desert View Highlands, 4.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #771 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Desert View Highlands?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Desert View Highlands have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Desert View Highlands is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #771 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold 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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The best walking months in Desert View Highlands: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 80 | 89 | 96 | 96 | 90 | 79 | 67 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
August is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 1.8 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Desert View Highlands →
Questions about parks and trails in Desert View Highlands
How much of Desert View Highlands 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 Desert View Highlands?
14,836 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Desert View Highlands or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Desert View Highlands have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #771 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 Desert View Highlands 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 →