Waterford City Park
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Waterford
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Waterford
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1.6 miles of mapped trail cross Waterford, 0.7 per square mile of land. 40 acres are parks and preserves, 4.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns · #406 of 847 in California. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
32 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.6 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
40 ac
4.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Waterford?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Waterford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Waterford is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns, #406 of 847 in California. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Waterford’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land4.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (40 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13CParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 64%
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California towns of 2,500+ (847)Ahead of 52%
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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Goldmine Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
32 conserved acres
2% of Waterford’s land. Who manages Waterford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city31 ac
Local Park · 24 acLocal Other or Unknown · 7 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beard Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Waterford River Walk Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| South Reinway Park & Trailhead Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Basin Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Skyline Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.6 mi
Tuolumne River Trail1.6 mi
Biking & sports
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
9Basketball
7Tennis
4Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Waterford: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 62 | 67 | 74 | 82 | 90 | 95 | 94 | 89 | 79 | 66 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 95 °F). 2.8 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 95 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Waterford →
Questions about parks and trails in Waterford
How much of Waterford is conserved land?
2% 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 Waterford’s trails?
Waterford City Park and Goldmine Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Waterford?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Waterford?
7,236 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Waterford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 40 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Waterford have?
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #406 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 Waterford 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 →