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Outdoors in Spring Garden

Few parks or trails are on the map in Spring Garden

8% of Spring Garden’s land is conserved, about 31 acres. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Spring Garden, 1.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
8%
31 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
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

31 conserved acres

8% of Spring Garden’s land. Who manages Spring Garden’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service19 ac
Bureau of Land Management12 ac
National Forest · 19 acNational Public Lands · 12 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Plumas National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service19Open
Eagle Lake Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management12Open
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Old State Highway 402A0.3 mi
When to get out

The best walking months in Spring Garden: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)444853596978878680685243
Rain (in)7.06.45.83.22.10.80.10.20.52.24.07.2

July is the driest month (0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 7.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spring Garden →

Next door

Spring Garden and its neighbors

Spring Garden has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Greenhorn13 miSpring Garden0.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Spring Garden— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Greenhorn— 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 Spring Garden

Is there public land near Spring Garden?

162,592 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Garden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 30 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Spring Garden neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →