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Outdoors in Maywood

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Maywood

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 14 acres are parks and preserves, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Maywood’s land is conserved, about 13 acres.

Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns · #692 of 847 in California. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
13 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
14 ac
0.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.1 mi
0.1 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Maywood?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Maywood have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Maywood is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns, #692 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Maywood’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 30%
LessMore
California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 18%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D 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.

12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Riverfront Park

Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Maywood Park

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

13 conserved acres

2% of Maywood’s land. Who manages Maywood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city12 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits2 ac
Local Park · 10 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 2 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Maywood Riverfront Park
Local Park
Town or city7Open
Maywood Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Maywood Activity Center
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits2Open
Ymca
Local Recreation Area
Town or city2Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Maywood

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

Playgrounds in Maywood

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

Biking & sports

0.1 miles of bike routes

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

0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Soccer
1Skate park
1Baseball
1Basketball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Maywood: April to July

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)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.39.9
High (°F)696971747680858786817569
Rain (in)3.33.82.20.70.30.10.00.00.10.50.82.3

August is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 3.8 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Maywood →

Next door

Maywood and its neighbors

Maywood has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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
Maywood2%under 0.1199%+C
Huntington Park2%0.6196%B−
Bell1%under 0.1under 199%+C−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Maywood

How much of Maywood is conserved land?

2% 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 Maywood’s trails?

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

Where can I bike in Maywood?

0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Maywood?

9,173 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maywood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Maywood have?

Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #692 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 Maywood 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 →