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Outdoors in Round Valley

More than half of Round Valley’s land is conserved: 55%

55% of Round Valley’s land is conserved, about 4,941 acres. 4,867 acres are parks and preserves, 8,881 per 1,000 residents. 30 miles of mapped trail cross Round Valley, 2.2 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
55%
4,941 acres · of 14.0 sq mi of land
Trails
30 mi
2.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
4,867 ac
8,881 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
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
Who protects it

4,941 conserved acres

55% of Round Valley’s land. Who manages Round Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city4,840 ac
State fish & wildlife100 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 4,840 acState Conservation Area · 100 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city4,840Open
Round Valley Wildlife Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife100Closed
Things to do

1 places to go in Round Valley

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

Campgrounds in Round Valley
Horton Creek CampgroundFee · US Bureau of Land Management
Directions
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
2Tennis
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Round Valley: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.811.913.114.214.714.513.612.411.210.19.6
High (°F)535663697889959486746152
Rain (in)0.70.60.30.10.20.10.10.10.10.20.30.5

April is the driest month (0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 0.7 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Round Valley →

Next door

Round Valley and its neighbors

Round Valley has the most mapped trails of the 2 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
Round Valley— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Mesa— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Round Valley

Is there public land near Round Valley?

132,042 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Round Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7,656 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Round 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 →