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About 1.9% of Madison is conserved land, roughly 369 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rainbow Mountain Nature Preserve (3.8 mi), Heritage Park (1 mi), and Bob Jones Walking Trail (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Madison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
1.9%
369 of 19,561 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
36
6 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
25.0 mi
0.8 mi lanes · 24.3 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Rainbow Mountain Nature Preserve Managed by Land Trust of North Alabama
159 acres3.8 mi of trail
Rainbow Mountain Loop Trail Ja-Moo-Ko Loop Trail Rainbolt Trail Wild Trail Spring Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
25 acres1 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Bob Jones Walking Trail Park
16 acres0.8 mi of trail
Bob Jones Cross Country Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
99 acres0.6 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
62 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 36 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 36 parks & preserves
🌲 Rainbow Mountain Nature Preserve 159 acres · 3.8 mi of trail · Land Trust of North Alabama
🌳 Heritage Park 25 acres · 1 mi of trail
🌳 Bob Jones Walking Trail 16 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
🌳 Palmer Park 99 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
🌳 Dublin Park 62 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
🌳 Spencer Park 2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
🌳 Joe Phillips Park 2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Madison
🌳 Home Place Park 2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
🌳 Mossy Brook Park 2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
🌳 Governor's Park 1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Madison
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Public pools in Madison Show all on map
🏊 MAA Madison Lakes Swimming Pool
🏊 Monark Grove Swimming Pool
🏊 Red Roof Inn Swimming Pool
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.6 mi Unpaved 4.0 mi
Showing 1–10 of 14 trails
Rainbow Mountain Loop Trail 1.4 mi Bob Jones Cross Country Trail 0.9 mi Ja-Moo-Ko Loop Trail 0.8 mi Rainbolt Trail 0.5 mi Wild Trail 0.3 mi Old Providence Trail 0.2 mi Spring Trail 0.2 mi Balance Rock Trail 0.2 mi Thorneywood Trail 0.1 mi High Pass Trail 0.1 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
369 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.8 mi Off-road bike paths 24.3 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 47 Baseball 37 Soccer 28 Tracks 12 Basketball 9 Pickleball 9 Football 6 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Madison
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 368 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Palmer Park Local Park Town or city 101 Open Stoneridge Park Local Park Town or city 65 Open Dublin Memorial Park Local Park Town or city 63 Open Edgewater Park Local Park Town or city 46 Open Mill Creek Greenway Park Local Park Town or city 14 Open Homestead Park Local Park Town or city 5 Open Stavemill Park Local Park Town or city 5 Open Leathertree Park Local Park Town or city 5 Open Sweetbriar Park Local Park Town or city 4 Open Chadrick Park Local Park Town or city 4 Open
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
🪦 Anderson Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Faith Memorial Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Gooch-Dublin Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Washington Cemetery Cemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Madison's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) . Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure "Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 24.1-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.
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