1
Nye Jordan Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Bartow
Bartow, FL parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Bartow is conserved land, roughly 5,955 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bartow, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bartow outdoors
Conserved land
18%
5,955 of 33,781 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
291 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
26.4 mi
21.2 mi lanes · 5.2 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
Fort Blount Park
Park
1 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Bartow
Lake Hancock Boat Ramp
Lake Hancock Boat Ramp
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
5,955 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes21.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball13
- Tennis13
- Basketball3
- Football2
- Soccer2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Bartow
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Watershed Protection Area 3,532 acState Conservation Area 1,675 acState Historic or Cultural Area 1,413 acState Recreation Area 395 acLocal Park 349 ac
Showing 1–10 of 13 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake HancockWatershed Protection Area | Regional Water Districts | 3,532 | Closed |
| Peace River SettlementState Conservation Area | State land board | 1,675 | Open |
| Clear SpringsState Historic or Cultural Area | State land board | 1,413 | Open |
| Polk LakeState Recreation Area | State land board | 385 | Open |
| Bartow Ball ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 187 | Open |
| Mary Holland ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 134 | Open |
| Mosaic ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Bartow Trailhead at Fort FraserState Recreation Area | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Polk St Community CenterLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Gandy CemeteryCemetery
Oak Hill CemeteryCemetery
Palm CemeteryCemetery
Peace Creek CemeteryCemetery
Wildwood CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Bartow and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartow | 17.6% | 11.9 mi | 2 |
| Highland City | 10.2% | 4.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bartow'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 33.7-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.