Towns to Trails - West

Project Description: The Eastern Sierra Regional Trail System and Jobs Creation project - the official name of this Sierra Jobs First funded project - will explore opportunities to complete an Eastern Sierra Regional Trail System through a Westside Towns to Trails Plan which will connect with an Eastside Towns to Trails Plan finalized by the Eastern Sierra Council of Governments in the spring of 2025. The Westside Trails Plan will identify opportunities to connect four westside counties in the Sierra Jobs First Region to each other, their communities, and their public lands, and then to three eastside counties via the completed Eastside Towns to Trails Plan. Opportunities exist to extend the Westside Trails Plan into the Central San Joaquin Valley Jobs First Region and to Yosemite National Park. Employing the same methodology as the Eastside Towns to Trails Plan, the Westside Trails Plan will focus on existing infrastructure to provide connectivity by collecting data on the current trail and system road infrastructure, developing potential routes, and identifying environmental planning needs. An Eastern Sierra Regional Trail System will support recreation, tourism, and economic development throughout the seven county Eastern Sierra Region by creating connections between gateway communities and their public land recreation opportunities. 

Last updated July 22, 2025