Pierini Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Dos Palos
96% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Dos Palos
8 acres are parks and preserves, 1.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Dos Palos, 0.1 per square mile of land. 3% of Dos Palos’ land is conserved, about 26 acres.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns · #637 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
26 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
1.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Dos Palos?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Dos Palos have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dos Palos is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns, #637 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dos Palos’ 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 (0 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home96% 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 37%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 25%
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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Des Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
O'Bannion County Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
26 conserved acres
3% of Dos Palos’ land. Who manages Dos Palos’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency19 ac
Town or city5 ac
County2 ac
Local Historic or Cultural Area · 19 acLocal Park · 6 acLocal Other or Unknown · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemetery Local Historic or Cultural Area | Regional agency | 19 | Open |
| Pierini Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| O'Bannion County Park Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
| Des Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Unknown park - Dos Palos, City of Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Dos Palos
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Dos Palos
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Baseball
4Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Dos Palos: 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 62 | 68 | 74 | 82 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 89 | 79 | 65 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 1.9 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dos Palos →
Questions about parks and trails in Dos Palos
How much of Dos Palos 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 Dos Palos’ trails?
Pierini Park and Des Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dos Palos?
2,627 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dos Palos or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Dos Palos have?
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #637 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 Dos Palos 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 →