Pioneer Deep Space Station · Photo: NASA · Public domainVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Fort Irwin
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 21 miles of mapped trail cross Fort Irwin, 3.1 per square mile of land. 37 acres are parks and preserves, 4.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns · #442 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fort Irwin?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fort Irwin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Irwin is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns, #442 of 847 in California. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Blue Track, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
CPT Harold A Fritz Field
All 6 parks & preserves
59 places to go in Fort Irwin
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
57 playgrounds are on OpenStreetMap in all; the list shows named ones from the first 30.
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 community garden without a name on the map.
1 named trail
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.
April is the best month for walking in Fort Irwin
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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 87 | 97 | 103 | 101 | 94 | 81 | 68 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 103 °F). 1.2 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 103 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Irwin →
Questions about parks and trails in Fort Irwin
Where can I hike in Fort Irwin?
The longest trail networks: Blue Track, 0.4 miles; Constitution Park, 0.3 miles; Army Field, 0.1 miles; CPT Harold A Fritz Field, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Fort Irwin 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.
Are dogs allowed on Fort Irwin’s trails?
Blue Track and Constitution Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Fort Irwin?
37 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Irwin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 37 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fort Irwin have?
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #442 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 Fort Irwin 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 →