Current Sonoma County Parklands
Data from May 27, 1999 Draft ORP, Appendix 1

Compiled by the Coalition for the Outdoor Recreation Plan (CORP), June 1999

Planning Area Regional Recreation Area (Active); County Regional Open Space Park (Passive); County Total County Parkland Regional Open Space Park (Passive); State Total Parkland

1995 Population

 Trails (miles); County
Area 1 (Sonoma Coast) 14 484 498 12,410 12,908 8,100 7
Area 2 (North County) 11 1,053 1,064 16,203 17,267 46,600 0
Area 3 (Russian River Area) 217 0 217 4,236 4453 43,800 7
Area 4 (Santa Rosa & East) 290 1,450* 1,740 7,572 9,312 169,900 3
Area 5 (Petaluma, Cotati, RP) 0 345 345 0 345 111,200 0
Area 6 (Sonoma Valley) 90 171 261 802 1,063 38,500 0
TOTAL 622 3,503 4125 41,223 45,348 418,100 17

* Hood Mtn. Park (1452 acres) arguably should be classified as a preserve, which implies limited access, rather than as Regional Open Space Park (Passive), as it is currently closed half the year. [CORP ed.]

Here is some of the above information in graphical form. First parklands in Sonoma County by Parks and Rec planning areas ("all parks" includes state parks):

Unlike the five supervisorial districts, the six Parks & Rec planning areas vary widely in population from 8,100 in Area 1 (Sonoma Coast) to 169,900 (Santa Rosa and East), using 1995 population numbers.

Parkland adequacy is often calculated using acres/population in 1000s. The following chart compares regions using this metric on county parklands alone:

And, finally, the same comparison but with all park acres (county plus state):


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