John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Nature preserve
44 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Redway
6% of Redway’s land is conserved: 44 acres
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Redway yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
44 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Redway have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Redway is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Redway’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% 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 land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 9%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Redway. 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 D− to C−. 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
44 conserved acres
6% of Redway’s land. Who manages Redway’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks44 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits1 ac
State Conservation Area · 44 acConservation Easement · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve State Conservation Area | State parks | 44 | Restricted |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Redway: May to August
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 10.0 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 10.7 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 10.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Redway →
Questions about parks and trails in Redway
How much of Redway is conserved land?
6% 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 Redway’s trails?
John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Redway?
9,202 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Redway or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Redway have?
Ahead of 9% 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 Redway 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 →