Photo: Binksternet · Public domainFort Hunter Liggett has 5.7 miles of mapped trails, 2.1 for every square mile of land
4 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fort Hunter Liggett?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fort Hunter Liggett have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Hunter Liggett is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land 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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1 places to go in Fort Hunter Liggett
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Fort Hunter Liggett: 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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 69 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.9 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Hunter Liggett →
Questions about parks and trails in Fort Hunter Liggett
How much of Fort Hunter Liggett 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 Fort Hunter Liggett?
4,842 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Hunter Liggett or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fort Hunter Liggett have?
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Fort Hunter Liggett 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 →