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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Ontario

Ontario has 15 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land

The biggest trail networks: Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park (0.7 mi), Ontario Soccer Park (0.6 mi), De Anza Park (0.6 mi). 86% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 549 acres are parks and preserves, 3.0 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns · #640 of 847 in California. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
324 acres · of 50.0 sq mi of land
Trails
15 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
549 ac
3.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
86%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
15 mi
12 mi lanes · 2.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
6

What kind of outdoors town is Ontario?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Ontario have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ontario is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns, #640 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 Ontario’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 37%
LessMore
California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 24%

Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Ontario ranks #384 on Outdoors.

Park acres per resident are where Ontario trails most U.S. towns: 3.0 per 1,000 against 12.6 typical, since 187,013 people share 549 acres.

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.

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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 Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park

Managed by San Bernardino County Regional Parks
66 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Ontario Soccer Park

Park
23 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

De Anza Park

Park
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Euclid Avenue Historic Park

Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

John Galvin Park

Park
37 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Civic Center Community Conservation Park

Managed by City of Ontario
1 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 34 parks & preserves
Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park66 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · San Bernardino County Regional Parks
Directions
Ontario Soccer Park23 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Directions
De Anza Park19 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Directions
Euclid Avenue Historic Park4 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Directions
John Galvin Park37 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Vineyard Park9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Civic Center Community Conservation Park1 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Ontario
Directions
Veterans Memorial Park9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Celebration Park South5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
James Galanis Park5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Ontario
Del Rancho Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Thorn Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Ontario Town Square2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Ontario
Directions
Westwind Park26 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Anthony Muñoz Hall of Fame Park17 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Brookfield Recreation Center6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Memorial Grove Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Cypress Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Ontario Grand Park137 acres · City of Ontario
Homer F. Briggs Park15 acres
Directions
Bon View Park12 acres
Directions
Kimball Community Park8 acres · Chino Valley Unified School District
Directions
Ontario Motor Speedway Park7 acres
Directions
Creekside Park7 acres
Directions
Carpenter's Union Park6 acres
Directions
Celebration Park North5 acres
James R Bryant Park4 acres · Ontario-Montclair School District
Directions
South Bon View Park4 acres
Directions
Centennial Park4 acres
George Gibbs Park3 acres
Directions
Ranch Park2 acres
MacArthur Park2 acres
Directions
Sam Alba Memorial Park2 acres
Pinheiro Park1 acres
Who protects it

324 conserved acres

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

Town or city236 ac
County74 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits14 ac
Local Park · 266 acLocal Recreation Area · 44 acUnknown Easement · 14 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 14 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park
Local Park
County74Open
John Galvin Park
Local Park
Town or city39Open
Westwind Park
Local Park
Town or city26Open
De Anza Park
Local Park
Town or city21Open
Anthony Munoz Park
Local Park
Town or city18Open
Euclid Avenue Parkway
Local Recreation Area
Town or city16Open
Creekside Park and Golf Course
Local Recreation Area
Town or city15Restricted
Homer F. Briggs Park
Local Park
Town or city15Open
Bon View Park
Local Park
Town or city12Open
Vineyard Neighborhood Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

54 places to go in Ontario

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

Playgrounds in Ontario
Interpretive PlaygroundIn Civic Center Community Conservation Park
Directions
McDonald's PlayPlace
Directions
Tot LotIn Ranch Park
Directions

45 playgrounds are on OpenStreetMap in all; the list shows named ones from the first 30.

Trails & water

2 named trails and 6 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.9 miUnpaved · 3.5 mi
West Cucamonga Creek Trail1.4 mi
Ontario Public Trail0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

15 miles of bike routes

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

12 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
2.4 mi
off-road bike paths
0.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
54Basketball
48Tennis
23Baseball
21Soccer
7Pickleball
7Softball
5Volleyball
3Football

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

History along the way

5 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Frankish BuildingBuilding · listed 1980
About it
Ontario State Bank BlockBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Hofer RanchDistrict · listed 1993
About it
Dr. Orville S. Ensign HouseBuilding · listed 2012
About it
Ontario Baseball ParkBuilding · listed 2021
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Ontario: 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)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.39.9
High (°F)696972767986929491837568
Rain (in)2.93.31.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.92.0

July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 3.3 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ontario →

Next door

Ontario 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
Ontario1%0.3386%C+
Chino12%0.81492%A−
Eastvale15%0.61099%A−
Rancho Cucamonga4%2.7779%B+
Upland2%0.4289%C+
Fontana4%0.8688%B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Ontario

Where can I hike in Ontario?

The longest trail networks: Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park, 0.7 miles; Ontario Soccer Park, 0.6 miles; De Anza Park, 0.6 miles; Euclid Avenue Historic Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Ontario 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 Ontario’s trails?

Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park and Ontario Soccer Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Ontario?

15 miles of bike routes are on the map: 12 of painted or protected lanes, 2.4 of off-road paths and 0.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Ontario?

48,580 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ontario or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 549 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Ontario have?

Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #640 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 Ontario 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 →