Helendale Community Park
Managed by Helendale Community Services District
71 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Doc Searls · CC BY 2.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Silver Lakes
Silver Lakes has 18 miles of mapped trails, 3.5 for every square mile of land
52% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 81 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns · #502 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
20 acres · of 5.2 sq mi of land
Trails
18 mi
3.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
81 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
52%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
What kind of outdoors town is Silver Lakes?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Silver Lakes have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Silver Lakes is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #502 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Silver Lakes’ overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails3.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (18 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (81 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home52% 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 54%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 41%
Water is 8% of Silver Lakes’ area (0 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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.
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.
Parmelee Field
Managed by Silver Lakes Association
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Helendale Dog Park
Managed by Helendale Community Services District
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
20 conserved acres
1% of Silver Lakes’ land. Water is left out: Silver Lakes has 5.2 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Silver Lakes’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency16 ac
Private owners3 ac
Local Park · 20 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helendale Community Park Local Park | Regional agency | 14 | Open |
| Hartford Lane Park Local Park | Private owners | 3 | Open |
| Helendale Dog Park Local Park | Regional agency | 2 | Open |
Trails & water
3 named trails and 4 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 6.3 mi
KH61660.3 mi
Horseshoe Trail0.3 mi
Mirasol Court0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for 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
1Baseball
1Golf
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Silver Lakes: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 83 | 94 | 100 | 99 | 92 | 80 | 68 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
June is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 100 °F). 1.0 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 100 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Silver Lakes →
Questions about parks and trails in Silver Lakes
How much of Silver Lakes 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 Silver Lakes’ trails?
Helendale Community Park and Parmelee Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Silver Lakes?
24,128 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Silver Lakes or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 90 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Silver Lakes have?
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #502 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 Silver Lakes 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 →