Lake Wildwood Community Center
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Bridgeport Covered Bridge · Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Lake Wildwood
Lake Wildwood has 34 acres of parks, 7.0 for every 1,000 residents
2% of Lake Wildwood’s land is conserved, about 33 acres. 76% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Wildwood, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns · #645 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
33 acres · of 3.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
34 ac
7.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
76%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 beach
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lake Wildwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Wildwood is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns, #645 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lake Wildwood’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4CPark land7.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (34 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home76% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 37%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 24%
Water is 13% of Lake Wildwood’s area (0 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Commodore Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
33 conserved acres
2% of Lake Wildwood’s land. Water is left out: Lake Wildwood has 3.1 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lake Wildwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners33 ac
Local Park · 33 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugler Cove Park Local Park | Private owners | 19 | Open |
| Meadow Park Local Park | Private owners | 4 | Open |
| Forest Circle Park Local Park | Private owners | 3 | Open |
| Hideaway Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
| Miners Gulch Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
| Pien Island Beach Local Park | Private owners | 1 | Open |
| Vista Park Local Park | Private owners | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Lake Wildwood
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Lake Wildwood
Pine Island Beach
DirectionsTrails & water
2 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
LWW Trail0.3 mi
Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Lake Wildwood: May and June
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 86 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 76 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 7.7 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 7.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Wildwood →
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Wildwood
How much of Lake Wildwood 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 Lake Wildwood’s trails?
Lake Wildwood Community Center and Commodore Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lake Wildwood?
28,740 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Wildwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Wildwood have?
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #645 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 Lake Wildwood 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 →