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Outdoors in Long Barn

More than half of Long Barn’s land is conserved: 74%

74% of Long Barn’s land is conserved, about 1,349 acres. 3.5 miles of mapped trail cross Long Barn, 1.2 per square mile of land. 10% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
74%
1,349 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
3.5 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
10%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

1,349 conserved acres

74% of Long Barn’s land. Who manages Long Barn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service1,349 ac
National Forest · 1,349 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Stanislaus National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service1,349Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Trail End0.2 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Long Barn: 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)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)505255606878868680705749
Rain (in)8.27.56.73.92.40.70.10.10.42.54.27.6

August is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 8.2 inches fall in January, the wettest month. The climate in Long Barn →

Next door

Long Barn and its neighbors

Long Barn has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. 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
Long Barn— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sierra Village— 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 Long Barn

Is there public land near Long Barn?

166,103 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Long Barn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,363 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Long Barn 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 →