Mountain House Creek Recreation Area
Park
63 acres2.7 mi of trail
Creekside Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Tranistrider1979 · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Mountain House
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Mountain House
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 7.1 miles of mapped trail cross Mountain House, 1.0 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Mountain House Creek Recreation Area (2.7 mi), Central Park (1.2 mi), Cordes Park (0.5 mi).
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns · #386 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
91 acres · of 7.4 sq mi of land
Trails
7.1 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
118 ac
4.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.6 mi lanes
What kind of outdoors town is Mountain House?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mountain House have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mountain House is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #386 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mountain House’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land4.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (118 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13CParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 67%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 54%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. 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.
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 Mountain House Creek Recreation Area, with 2.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Cordes Park
Park
5 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Costa Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
Mountain House Creek Recreation Area63 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
DirectionsCentral Park14 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
DirectionsCordes Park5 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Costa Park6 acres
Bethany Park5 acres
Wicklund Park5 acres
DirectionsAltamont Park5 acres
DirectionsQuesta Park5 acres
Hansen Park5 acres
Who protects it
91 conserved acres
2% of Mountain House’s land. Who manages Mountain House’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency93 ac
Local Park · 91 acLocal Other or Unknown · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creek Park Local Park | Regional agency | 59 | Open |
| Central Community Park Local Park | Regional agency | 11 | Open |
| Questa Park Local Park | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
| Bethany Park Local Park | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
| Altamont Park Local Park | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
| Wickland Park Local Park | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
| Mountain House Community Services District 1 Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
| Recreo Way Park Local Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
Things to do
14 places to go in Mountain House
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Mountain House
14 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Creekside Trail2.0 mi
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
14Basketball
9Tennis
6Baseball
1Soccer
1Softball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Mountain House: 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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 79 | 66 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 2.1 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mountain House →
Questions about parks and trails in Mountain House
Where can I hike in Mountain House?
The longest trail networks: Mountain House Creek Recreation Area, 2.7 miles; Central Park, 1.2 miles; Cordes Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Mountain House 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 Mountain House’s trails?
Mountain House Creek Recreation Area and Central Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Mountain House?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of painted or protected lanes and 0.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Mountain House?
15,077 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mountain House or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 118 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mountain House have?
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #386 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 Mountain House 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 →