The Mace Ranch Drainage Channel is a stormwater detention channel in South Davis managed by the City’s Public Works Department.  It is located south of Arroyo Avenue, and runs from John Barovetto Park almost all the way to Spafford Avenue.  The channel provides important seasonal wetland habitat and grassland habitat, and recreational benefits for people (walking, biking, wildlife viewing).  The channel area itself is not publicly accessible and is enclosed by a security fence. However, there is a paved path that runs the length of the channel from John Barovetto Park almost all the way to Spafford Avenue.

• Take a walk/hike/run
• Take a bike ride
• View birds and wildlife

• Dogs allowed, but they must be leashed and stay on trail
• Bikes allowed, but they must stay on paved trail
• No hunting
• No camping
• No watercraft
• No fires
• No smoking
• No drones
• No horses

The Mace Ranch Drainage Channel can be accessed via Arroyo Avenue or through John Barovetto Park. It can also be accessed from Fifth Street, Cousteau Place, Faraday Avenue, the Target parking lot, and from the greenbelt that runs south from Mace Ranch Park.

    Photos courtesy of Marc Hoshovsky.