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Placerville, ColoradoPhoto: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Placerville

Few parks or trails are on the map in Placerville

38% of Placerville’s land is conserved, about 182 acres. 60% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
38%
182 acres · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
60%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

182 conserved acres

38% of Placerville’s land. Who manages Placerville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Bureau of Land Management151 ac
County43 ac
State fish & wildlife10 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits2 ac
National Public Lands · 151 acRecreation or Education Easement · 21 acOther Easement · 14 acLocal Other or Unknown · 12 acLocal Park · 9 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Uncompahgre Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management151Open
County Land
Local Other or Unknown
County12Unknown
Placerville Park
Local Park
County9Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Placerville

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

Picnic areas in Placerville

1 picnic area 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
1Baseball
1Soccer

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Placerville: May to August

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)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.613.612.411.110.19.5
High (°F)384047536374797669584637
Rain (in)1.11.11.31.31.40.72.02.22.01.41.11.2

June is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 2.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Placerville →

Questions about parks and trails in Placerville

Is there public land near Placerville?

51,890 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Placerville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Placerville 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 →