Happy Valley has 21 miles of mapped trails, 1.2 for every square mile of land
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Happy Valley yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #795 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Happy Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Happy Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Happy Valley is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #795 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park 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 Happy Valley
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 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.
May is the best month for walking in Happy Valley
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 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 81 | 91 | 99 | 97 | 92 | 79 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 7.0 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 99 °F). 7.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 99 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Happy Valley →
Happy Valley and its neighbors
Happy Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Valley | under 1% | 1.2 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Redding | 7% | 2.6 | 27 | 84% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Happy Valley
How much of Happy Valley 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 Happy Valley?
25,821 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Happy Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 587 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Happy Valley have?
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #795 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 Happy Valley 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 →