Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area - Shasta Unit
Managed by United States Forest Service
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Jones Valley
Jones Valley has 7.0 miles of mapped trails, 1.1 for every square mile of land
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Jones 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 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 6.4 sq mi of land
Trails
7.0 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Jones Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Jones Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jones Valley is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Jones Valley’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 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 13%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Jones Valley. 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 range from D− to C−. 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
1 conserved acres
under 1% of Jones Valley’s land. Who manages Jones Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service1 ac
National Forest · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Jeep Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Jones 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 81 | 90 | 98 | 96 | 92 | 79 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 6.5 |
July is the driest month (0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 98 °F). 6.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 98 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Jones Valley →
Next door
Jones Valley and its neighbors
Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Valley | under 1% | 1.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Bella Vista | under 1% | 1.2 | under 1 | under 1% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Jones Valley
How much of Jones 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.
Are dogs allowed on Jones Valley’s trails?
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area - Shasta Unit doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Jones Valley?
15,511 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jones Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Jones Valley have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Jones 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 →