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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Lomita

97% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Lomita

The biggest trail networks: Lomita Park (0.5 mi). 11 acres are parks and preserves, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Lomita, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns · #621 of 847 in California. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
10 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
0.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
97%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.5 mi
2.9 mi lanes · 0.6 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Lomita?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Lomita have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lomita is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns, #621 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lomita’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 39%
LessMore
California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 27%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. 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.

123
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Lomita Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Lomita Park

Park
8 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Hathaway Park

Park
1 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Irene Lewis Park

Managed by Lomita Parks & Recreation Department
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

10 conserved acres

1% of Lomita’s land. Who manages Lomita’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city9 ac
Local Park · 9 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lomita Park
Local Park
Town or city8Open
Hathaway Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Irene Lewis Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Lomita

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

Playgrounds in Lomita

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

3.5 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

2.9 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
2Basketball
2Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Lomita: April 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)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.49.9
High (°F)676768717174788079767267
Rain (in)2.93.31.90.60.20.00.00.00.10.50.82.0

July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 3.3 inches fall in February, the wettest month. The climate in Lomita →

Next door

Lomita and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Lomita1%0.4197%C+
Rolling Hills Estates16%4.71699%A+
Torrance3%0.5397%B
Rancho Palos Verdes22%4.03598%A+
Los Angeles15%1.5983%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Lomita

Where can I hike in Lomita?

The longest trail networks: Lomita Park, 0.5 miles; Hathaway Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Lomita is conserved land?

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 Lomita’s trails?

Lomita Park and Hathaway Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Lomita?

3.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.9 of painted or protected lanes and 0.6 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Lomita?

6,336 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lomita or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Lomita have?

Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #621 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 Lomita neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →