South Taft has 4 acres of parks, 1.5 for every 1,000 residents
3.2 miles of mapped trail cross South Taft, 3.0 per square mile of land. 88% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns · #512 of 847 in California. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is South Taft?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does South Taft have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, South Taft is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #512 of 847 in California. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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5 conserved acres
1% of South Taft’s land. Who manages South Taft’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rails to Trails Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 5 | Open |
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in South Taft: 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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 64 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 92 | 97 | 97 | 91 | 81 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 97 °F). 1.2 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 97 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in South Taft →
South Taft and its neighbors
South Taft has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Taft | 1% | 3.0 | 2 | 88% | B− |
| Taft | under 1% | 1.2 | 6 | 86% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in South Taft
How much of South Taft 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.
Where can I bike in South Taft?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near South Taft?
36,786 acres of parks and open public land lie inside South Taft or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does South Taft have?
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #512 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 South Taft neighbors.
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 →