El Cerrito Sports Park
Managed by City of Corona
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
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Outdoors in El Cerrito
El Cerrito has 38 acres of parks, 7.1 for every 1,000 residents
2.7 miles of mapped trail cross El Cerrito, 1.0 per square mile of land. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of El Cerrito’s land is conserved, about 36 acres.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns · #463 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
36 acres · of 2.6 sq mi of land
Trails
2.7 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
38 ac
7.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
74%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi lanes
What kind of outdoors town is El Cerrito?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does El Cerrito have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, El Cerrito is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns, #463 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of El Cerrito’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land7.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (38 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home74% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 57%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 45%
Water is 8% of El Cerrito’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
36 conserved acres
2% of El Cerrito’s land. Water is left out: El Cerrito has 2.6 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages El Cerrito’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County26 ac
Regional agency10 ac
Local Recreation Area · 26 acLocal Other or Unknown · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cerrito Sports Park Local Recreation Area | County | 26 | Open |
| Rcrcd Mou Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 9 | Open |
| Circle K Donation Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in El Cerrito
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in El Cerrito
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
7Basketball
4Baseball
3Soccer
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in El Cerrito: April to 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 68 | 68 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 85 | 91 | 93 | 90 | 82 | 75 | 68 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 3.3 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in El Cerrito →
Next door
El Cerrito and its neighbors
El Cerrito has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Cerrito | 2% | 1.0 | 7 | 74% | B |
| Corona | 3% | 1.9 | 5 | 91% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in El Cerrito
How much of El Cerrito is conserved land?
2% 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 El Cerrito’s trails?
El Cerrito Sports Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in El Cerrito?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near El Cerrito?
51,382 acres of parks and open public land lie inside El Cerrito or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 38 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does El Cerrito have?
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #463 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 El Cerrito 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 →