Elk Grove County Park
Park
125 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Photo: SarahStierch · CC BY 4.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Elk Grove
98% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Elk Grove
The biggest trail networks: Elk Grove County Park (3 mi), Bartholemew Sports Park (2 mi), Kloss Park (1.3 mi). 33 miles of mapped trail cross Elk Grove, 0.8 per square mile of land. 1,149 acres are parks and preserves, 6.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 70% of U.S. towns · #357 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
1,211 acres · of 42.6 sq mi of land
Trails
33 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,149 ac
6.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
98%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
59 mi
37 mi lanes · 21 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
4
What kind of outdoors town is Elk Grove?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Elk Grove have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elk Grove is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns, #357 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Elk Grove’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (33 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land6.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,149 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home98% 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 70%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 58%
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Elk Grove ranks #268 on Outdoors.
Park acres per resident are where Elk Grove trails most U.S. towns: 6.4 per 1,000 against 12.6 typical, since 185,007 people share 1,149 acres.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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
The longest trail network is Elk Grove County Park, with 3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Bartholemew Sports Park
Managed by Cosumnes CSD
45 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Kloss Park
Park
17 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Don Nottoli Park
Managed by Cosumnes CSD
21 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Dick Lichtenberger Park
Park
15 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Johnson Park
Managed by Cosumnes CSD
20 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 85 parks & preserves
Elk Grove County Park125 acres · 3 mi of trail
DirectionsBartholemew Sports Park45 acres · 2 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsKloss Park17 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
The Preserve29 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
DirectionsDon Nottoli Park21 acres · 1 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsDick Lichtenberger Park15 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
DirectionsBacker, Sr. Park11 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
DirectionsJohnson Park20 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsDerr-Okamoto Community Park12 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
DirectionsGeorge Park6 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Morse Park30 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsBetschart Park13 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
DirectionsBartholemew Park13 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsLuttig Park9 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
DirectionsHoude Park7 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsOasis Park22 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsJones Park16 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
DirectionsAmundson Park9 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
DirectionsStephenson Family Park6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Pedersen Park6 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Fales Park3 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Camden Park60 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Kammerer Park14 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
DirectionsHill Park11 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
DirectionsSingh and Kaur Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Willard Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Foulks Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Colton Park3 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
John L. Zehnder Park9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
Horseshoe Park9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
DirectionsJerry and Jeanne Strong Park9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
DirectionsWackman Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Case Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
DirectionsZimbelman Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsHawkins Park5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
King Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
Feickert Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Guttridge Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Johnston Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Beeman Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
DirectionsEdie MacDonald Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Castello Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Berens Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lawrence Park17 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
Fite Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Lewis Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
DirectionsGates Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kramer Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Henderson Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
Fleming Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Herburger Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Caterino Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Pat Perez Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
Hrepich Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Lippincott Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsBatey Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Jordan Family Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Bradford Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Cosumnes CSD
Tom Karamanos Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Gage Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Baker Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Davis Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Jan Rau Park20 acres
Kunsting Family Park9 acres · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsJennie McConnell Park7 acres
DirectionsEntrican Park6 acres · Cosumnes CSD
Jungkeit Park5 acres · Cosumnes CSD
Town Square Park5 acres · Cosumnes CSD
DirectionsVan Doren Park4 acres
The Promenade Park3 acres
DirectionsMix Park3 acres
Lombardi Park3 acres
Constellation Park2 acres
Island Park2 acres
Buscher Park2 acres
Keema Park2 acres
Gary Lawson Park2 acres · Cosumnes CSD
Ehrhardt Oaks Park2 acres
Smedberg Park2 acres
Porto Park2 acres
Del Meyer Park2 acres
DirectionsStorybook Woods Park1 acres
Rose Garden Park1 acres
DirectionsMendoza Park1 acres
Russell Park1 acres
Who protects it
1,211 conserved acres
4% of Elk Grove’s land. Who manages Elk Grove’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency768 ac
County281 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service88 ac
Town or city66 ac
State fish & wildlife8 ac
Local Park · 734 acLocal Recreation Area · 341 acConservation Easement · 88 acLocal Other or Unknown · 34 acUnknown Easement · 10 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 98 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Creek Parkway Local Recreation Area | County | 271 | Open |
| Elk Grove Park Local Park | Regional agency | 116 | Open |
| Bartholomew Sports Park Local Recreation Area | Regional agency | 45 | Open |
| City Of Elk Grove Local Park | Town or city | 33 | Restricted |
| Underwood Park Local Park | Regional agency | 32 | Open |
| Morse Park Local Park | Regional agency | 30 | Open |
| Laguna Community Park Local Park | Regional agency | 25 | Open |
| Camden Park Greenbelt Local Recreation Area | Regional agency | 25 | Open |
| Jones Park Local Park | Regional agency | 23 | Open |
| Nottoli Park Local Park | Regional agency | 22 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
117 places to go in Elk Grove
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Elk Grove
1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Playgrounds in Elk Grove
Case Park PlaygroundIn Case Park
DirectionsCase Park PlaygroundIn Case Park
Directions111 playgrounds are on OpenStreetMap in all; the list shows named ones from the first 30.
Dog parks in Elk Grove
2 dog parks without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Picnic areas in Elk Grove
1 picnic area without a name on the map.
Community gardens in Elk Grove
Community Rose GardenIn Dick Lichtenberger Park
DirectionsElk Grove Community Garden
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail and 4 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 3.4 mi
Gilliam Trail0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
59 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
37 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
21 mi
off-road bike paths
0.5 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
110Tennis
68Basketball
64Baseball
30Soccer
30Pickleball
7Football
5Volleyball
3Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Elk Grove: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 81 | 88 | 93 | 92 | 89 | 79 | 66 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 3.7 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Elk Grove →
Next door
Elk Grove and its neighbors
Elk Grove has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove | 4% | 0.8 | 6 | 98% | B+ |
| Sacramento | 9% | 1.0 | 10 | 97% | A− |
| Florin | 2% | 0.3 | 3 | 90% | C+ |
| Vineyard | 11% | 0.4 | 5 | 84% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Elk Grove
Where can I hike in Elk Grove?
The longest trail networks: Elk Grove County Park, 3 miles; Bartholemew Sports Park, 2 miles; Kloss Park, 1.3 miles; The Preserve, 1.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Elk Grove is conserved land?
4% 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 Elk Grove’s trails?
Elk Grove County Park and Bartholemew Sports Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Elk Grove?
59 miles of bike routes are on the map: 37 of painted or protected lanes, 21 of off-road paths and 0.5 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Elk Grove?
23,215 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elk Grove or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,149 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Elk Grove have?
Ahead of 70% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #357 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 Elk Grove 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 →