Photo: Slamslam102 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Lockeford
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 19% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Lockeford, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns · #742 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lockeford?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lockeford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lockeford is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns, #742 of 847 in California. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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250 conserved acres
5% of Lockeford’s land. Who manages Lockeford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 250 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 lakes & rivers
1.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Lockeford: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 81 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 89 | 79 | 66 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 3.4 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lockeford →
Questions about parks and trails in Lockeford
How much of Lockeford is conserved land?
5% 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.
Where can I bike in Lockeford?
1.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.7 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Lockeford?
6,691 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lockeford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lockeford have?
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #742 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 Lockeford neighbors.
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 →