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Outdoors in East Nicolaus

Few parks or trails are on the map in East Nicolaus

8 acres are parks and preserves, 76 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross East Nicolaus, 0.1 per square mile of land. 43% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
9 acres · of 4.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
76 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
43%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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

9 conserved acres

under 1% of East Nicolaus’ land. Who manages East Nicolaus’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County8 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits1 ac
Local Recreation Area · 8 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
South Sutter Baseball Fields
Local Recreation Area
County8Open
South Sutter Recreation Association
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits1Restricted
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
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in East Nicolaus: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.613.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)566267748291969590806657
Rain (in)3.83.62.91.30.80.20.00.00.10.91.93.4

July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 3.8 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in East Nicolaus →

Next door

East Nicolaus and its neighbors

East Nicolaus has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
East Nicolaus— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Trowbridge— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in East Nicolaus

Is there public land near East Nicolaus?

4,488 acres of parks and open public land lie inside East Nicolaus or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from East Nicolaus 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 →