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San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
Nature preserve
2,887 acres16.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Alachua
Alachua, FL parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Alachua is conserved land, roughly 3,510 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park (16.9 mi) and Turkey Creek Hammock Preserve (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alachua, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Alachua outdoors
Conserved land
15%
3,510 of 23,336 acres
Trails
21 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
327 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
31.0 mi
5.7 mi lanes · 25.4 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
Turkey Creek Hammock Preserve
Managed by Alachua County
378 acres0.9 mi of trail
Turkey Creek Loop
Dog rules not recorded
3
Alachua Sports Complex
Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Turkey Creek Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Alachua
Turkey Creek Pool
Trails
Named trails
Horses 6.4 miUnpaved 2.1 mi
- Turkey Creek Loop0.4 mi
- Northwest 104th Terrace0.1 mi
Who protects the land
3,510 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 211 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 10 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths25.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball8
- Tennis5
- Basketball4
- Pickleball2
- Football2
- Skate park1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Alachua
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 2,879 acLocal Conservation Area 379 acConservation Easement 107 acUnknown Easement 104 acLocal Recreation Area 25 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Felasco Hammock Preserve State ParkState Conservation Area | State parks | 2,879 | Open |
| Turkey Creek Hammock PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 379 | Open |
| Hal Brady Alachua Recreation ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Jn Copeland Park / Progress Corporate ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Downtown City ParkLocal Park | Private owners | 4 | Open |
| Criswell ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Feirmon E Welch ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Cathcart CemeteryCemetery
Thomas CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Alachua and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alachua | 15% | 21.3 mi | 5 |
| High Springs | 4.2% | 16.2 mi | 3 |
| Gainesville | 11.6% | 57.8 mi | 61 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Alachua'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 30.6-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.