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Pioneer Park
Park
70 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sterling
Sterling, CO parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Sterling is conserved land, roughly 1,063 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pioneer Park (1.3 mi) and Columbine Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sterling, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sterling outdoors
Conserved land
22%
1,063 of 4,852 acres
Trails
12 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
81 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.1 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.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Columbine Park
Park
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Sterling Recreation Center
Park
14 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Propst Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 6 parks & preserves
- Cheairs Park2 ac
- Monahan Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,063 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball14
- Tennis12
- Basketball4
- Tracks1
- Soccer1
- Football1
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sterling'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 20-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.