Val Verde Community Regional Park
Managed by Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
51 acres0.9 mi of trail
Loma Verde Mountainway
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Ponderosapine210 · CC BY-SA 4.0A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Val Verde
Val Verde has 69 acres of parks, 21 for every 1,000 residents
2.7 miles of mapped trail cross Val Verde, 1.1 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Val Verde Community Regional Park (0.9 mi). 80% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns · #310 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
67 acres · of 2.6 sq mi of land
Trails
2.7 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
69 ac
21 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Val Verde?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Val Verde have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Val Verde is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns, #310 of 847 in California. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, conserved land lowest.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Val Verde’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%BTrails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land21 acres of park per 1,000 residents (69 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home80% 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 76%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 63%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. 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
The longest trail network is Val Verde Community Regional Park, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
BLM Open Space
Managed by Bureau of Land Management
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
MRCA Open Space
Managed by Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
15 acres0.2 mi of trail
Loma Verde Mountainway
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Val Verde Park
Managed by Private
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
67 conserved acres
4% of Val Verde’s land. Who manages Val Verde’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County51 ac
Regional agency17 ac
Local Park · 51 acLocal Other or Unknown · 17 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde Community Regional Park Local Park | County | 51 | Open |
| Unnamed site - Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 17 | Unknown |
Things to do
2 places to go in Val Verde
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Val Verde
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Loma Verde Mountainway1.2 mi
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
1Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Val Verde: 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 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 93 | 94 | 90 | 81 | 71 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
August is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.3 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Val Verde →
Next door
Val Verde and its neighbors
Val Verde 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde | 4% | 1.1 | 21 | 80% | A− |
| Hasley Canyon | under 1% | 0.9 | 3 | 3% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Val Verde
Where can I hike in Val Verde?
The longest trail networks: Val Verde Community Regional Park, 0.9 miles; MRCA Open Space, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Val Verde is conserved land?
4% 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 Val Verde’s trails?
Val Verde Community Regional Park and BLM Open Space don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Val Verde?
62,020 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Val Verde or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 119 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Val Verde have?
Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #310 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 Val Verde 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 →