Western Gateway Regional Park
Park
72 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Travisthurston · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Penn Valley
Penn Valley has 74 acres of parks, 44 for every 1,000 residents
41% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5% of Penn Valley’s land is conserved, about 70 acres.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
70 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
74 ac
44 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
41%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Penn Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Penn Valley is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Penn Valley’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4DPark land44 acres of park per 1,000 residents (74 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home41% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 41%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Penn Valley. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
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
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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.
Who protects it
70 conserved acres
5% of Penn Valley’s land. Who manages Penn Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency70 ac
Local Park · 70 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Gateway Park Local Park | Regional agency | 70 | Open |
When to get out
The best walking months in Penn Valley: May and 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 58 | 61 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 75 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 7.7 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 7.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Penn Valley →
Questions about parks and trails in Penn Valley
How much of Penn Valley is conserved land?
5% 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 Penn Valley’s trails?
Western Gateway Regional Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Penn Valley?
22,692 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Penn Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 74 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Penn Valley have?
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Penn Valley 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 →