Herald Community Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Herald
Few parks or trails are on the map in Herald
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
32 acres · of 7.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
1.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
9%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Herald have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Herald is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Herald’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4DPark land1.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home9% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 6%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Herald. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be D. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
32 conserved acres
1% of Herald’s land. Who manages Herald’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits31 ac
County2 ac
Unknown Easement · 31 acLocal Park · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herald Park Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
When to get out
The best walking months in Herald: 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 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 81 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 89 | 79 | 66 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 3.6 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Herald →
Questions about parks and trails in Herald
How much of Herald is conserved land?
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 Herald’s trails?
Herald Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Herald?
5,887 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Herald or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Herald have?
Ahead of 6% 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 Herald 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 →