Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Hamilton City
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 9.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hamilton City?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hamilton City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hamilton City is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Hamilton City: 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 82 | 90 | 96 | 95 | 91 | 80 | 66 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.1 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 96 °F). 4.7 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 96 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hamilton City →
Questions about parks and trails in Hamilton City
How much of Hamilton City 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 Hamilton City’s trails?
Hamilton City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Hamilton City?
3,886 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hamilton City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hamilton City have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Hamilton City 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 →