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Outdoors in Little Grass Valley

Few parks or trails are on the map in Little Grass Valley

39% of Little Grass Valley’s land is conserved, about 2,496 acres. 2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Little Grass Valley, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
39%
2,496 acres · of 10.0 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
5,886 ft
La Porte Bald Mountain
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
Who protects it

2,496 conserved acres

39% of Little Grass Valley’s land. Who manages Little Grass Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service2,496 ac
National Forest · 2,496 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Plumas National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service2,496Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Little Grass Valley

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

Peaks in Little Grass Valley
La Porte Bald Mountain5,886 ft elevation
Directions
Goat Mountain5,699 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Laporte-Quincy Highway0.4 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Little Grass Valley: May to August

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)9.610.611.813.214.315.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)444650556473818176655143
Rain (in)10.710.19.14.73.01.00.10.20.63.26.211.1

July is the driest month (0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 11.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Little Grass Valley →

Next door

Little Grass Valley and its neighbors

Little Grass Valley has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

La Porte5.0 miLittle Grass Valley2.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Little Grass Valley— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
La Porte— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Little Grass Valley

Is there public land near Little Grass Valley?

196,215 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Little Grass Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,510 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Little Grass 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 →