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Outdoors in Sutter Creek

Sutter Creek has 4 acres of parks, 1.6 for every 1,000 residents

88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Sutter Creek, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #705 of 847 in California. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
1.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Sutter Creek?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Parks close to home88% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Sutter Creek have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sutter Creek is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #705 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sutter Creek’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land1.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home88% of residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 28%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 17%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Sutter Creek. 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 C− 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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.

Minnie Provis Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

3 conserved acres

under 1% of Sutter Creek’s land. Who manages Sutter Creek’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city3 ac
Local Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Minnie Provis Park
Local Park
Town or city2Open
Bryson Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Sutter Creek

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

Playgrounds in Sutter Creek

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
4Baseball
4Basketball
4Tennis
3Softball
1Tracks
1Football

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Knight's Foundry and ShopsBuilding · listed 1975
About it
Sutter Creek Grammar SchoolBuilding · listed 1976
About it
When to get out

May is the best month for walking in Sutter Creek

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)9.810.711.813.214.214.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)565963687787949388776455
Rain (in)5.55.34.72.81.70.30.00.00.21.62.85.4

July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.5 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sutter Creek →

Questions about parks and trails in Sutter Creek

How much of Sutter Creek is conserved land?

under 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 Sutter Creek’s trails?

Minnie Provis Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Sutter Creek?

7,542 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sutter Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Sutter Creek have?

Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #705 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 Sutter Creek 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 →