Sand to Snow National Monument
Managed by United States Forest Service;Bureau of Land Management
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Integratron · Photo: Max Ronnersjö · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Homestead Valley
Homestead Valley has 88 miles of mapped trails, 2.6 for every square mile of land
2% of Homestead Valley’s land is conserved, about 419 acres.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns · #712 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
419 acres · of 33.9 sq mi of land
Trails
88 mi
2.6 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Homestead Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Homestead Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Homestead Valley is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns, #712 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Homestead Valley’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails2.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (88 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% 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 27%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 16%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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
419 conserved acres
2% of Homestead Valley’s land. Who manages Homestead Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State Department of Land419 ac
State Resource Management Area · 419 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| California State Lands Commission State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 419 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Homestead Valley
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Homestead Valley
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
25 named trails
Named trails
Shawnee Trail3.0 mi
Broadway2.8 mi
Acoma Trail2.6 mi
University Boulevard2.1 mi
Kickapoo Trail2.0 mi
Davajo Trail1.4 mi
Happy Trail1.4 mi
Deer Trail1.3 mi
Cherokee Trail1.2 mi
North Inca Trail1.1 mi
15 more trails
Old Woman Springs Outerhighway East
1.0 miCone Boulevard
1.0 miMikiska Boulevard
0.8 miGroff Trail
0.6 miYoung's Freeway
0.6 miValley-View
0.5 miDel Sol
0.5 miSeminole
0.5 miLanes End
0.4 miPrimrose Path
0.3 miGeronimo
0.2 miYoungs Freeway
0.2 miNiemeyer Place
0.1 miArtes
0.1 miNorth Vemez Trail
0.1 miBiking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Basketball
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
IntegratronStructure · listed 2018
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Homestead Valley: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 62 | 69 | 75 | 84 | 94 | 99 | 98 | 91 | 80 | 68 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 99 °F). 1.2 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 99 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Homestead Valley →
Questions about parks and trails in Homestead Valley
How much of Homestead Valley is conserved land?
2% 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 Homestead Valley’s trails?
Sand to Snow National Monument doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Homestead Valley?
69,368 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Homestead Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5,004 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Homestead Valley have?
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #712 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 Homestead Valley 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 →