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Outdoors in Lake Don Pedro

Lake Don Pedro has 1,983 acres of parks, 1,516 for every 1,000 residents

16% of Lake Don Pedro’s land is conserved, about 1,940 acres. 12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.4 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Don Pedro, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
16%
1,940 acres · of 18.4 sq mi of land
Trails
4.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,983 ac
1,516 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
12%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Lake Don Pedro?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam1,516 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild16% of the land is conserved; a typical California town, 4%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Lake Don Pedro have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Don Pedro is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lake Don Pedro’s overall grade.
Conserved land16% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land1,516 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,983 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home12% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 68%
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Water is 7% of Lake Don Pedro’s area (1 of 20 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 16%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. 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.

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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.

Barrett Cove Recreation Area

Park
413 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

McClure Point Recreation Area

Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

1,940 conserved acres

16% of Lake Don Pedro’s land. Water is left out: Lake Don Pedro has 18.4 square miles of land and 1.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lake Don Pedro’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Regional agency1,940 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 1,940 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lake McClure (Exchequer Reservoir)
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency1,940Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Lake Don Pedro

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Campgrounds in Lake Don Pedro
Barrett Cove CampgroundIn Barrett Cove Recreation Area
Directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Lake Don Pedro: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.114.214.714.513.612.411.110.19.6
High (°F)566065718089959489786555
Rain (in)4.03.53.41.70.90.20.00.00.11.02.03.6

July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 4.0 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Don Pedro →

Questions about parks and trails in Lake Don Pedro

How much of Lake Don Pedro is conserved land?

16% 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 Lake Don Pedro’s trails?

Barrett Cove Recreation Area and McClure Point Recreation Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Lake Don Pedro?

63,680 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Don Pedro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,122 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Lake Don Pedro have?

Ahead of 68% 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 Lake Don Pedro 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 →