96% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Taft Heights
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Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Taft Heights?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Taft Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Taft Heights is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds 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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The best walking months in Taft Heights: 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 | 75 | 83 | 92 | 97 | 96 | 91 | 80 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
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 Taft Heights →
Taft Heights and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taft Heights | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 96% | D |
| Taft | under 1% | 1.2 | 6 | 86% | B− |
| South Taft | 1% | 3.0 | 2 | 88% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Taft Heights
How much of Taft Heights 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.
Is there public land near Taft Heights?
36,737 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Taft Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Taft Heights have?
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Taft Heights 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 →