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Outdoors in Manton

Few parks or trails are on the map in Manton

7% of Manton’s land is conserved, about 772 acres. 22 miles of mapped trail cross Manton, 1.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
7%
772 acres · of 17.7 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
3,976 ft
Digger Butte
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

772 conserved acres

7% of Manton’s land. Who manages Manton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits1,027 ac
State Department of Land40 ac
Conservation Easement · 573 acUnknown Easement · 453 acState Resource Management Area · 40 acPrivate Conservation · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 732 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
California State Lands Commission
State Resource Management Area
State Department of Land40Open
Battle Creek
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits1Closed
Things to do

1 places to go in Manton

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

Peaks in Manton
Digger Butte3,976 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 0.9 mi
95G2.5 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Manton: April to 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)545560667585939287756052
Rain (in)5.65.24.83.52.61.10.10.10.52.23.66.5

July is the driest month (0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Manton →

Questions about parks and trails in Manton

Is there public land near Manton?

39,799 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Manton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 64 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Manton 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 →