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Wickham Park
Park
471 acres17.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Melbourne
Melbourne, FL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.4% of Melbourne is conserved land, roughly 2,359 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wickham Park (17.7 mi), Howard E. Futch Memorial Park (0.6 mi), and Wells Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Melbourne, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Melbourne outdoors
Conserved land
7.4%
2,359 of 31,904 acres
Trails
50 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.6 mi
10.1 mi lanes · 5.8 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
Howard E. Futch Memorial Park
Park
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wells Park
Park
27 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lipscomb Community Center & Lipscomb Pool
Park
41 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 26 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 26 parks & preserves
Wickham Park471 acres · 17.7 mi of trail
Howard E. Futch Memorial Park9 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Wells Park27 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Fee Avenue Park17 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Melbourne Military Memorial Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Riverview Park16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Claude Edge Front Street Park7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kiwanis Park at Geiger Point5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sherwood Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Bean Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,359 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,626 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 16 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes10.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis77
- Basketball35
- Baseball33
- Pickleball9
- Football7
- Soccer7
- Tracks7
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Melbourne and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 7.4% | 50.0 mi | 26 |
| West Melbourne | 3.1% | 7.1 mi | 6 |
| Palm Bay | 3% | 52.6 mi | 24 |
| Indian Harbour Beach | 3.2% | 3.9 mi | 5 |
| Melbourne Village | 0% | 0.6 mi | 1 |
| Merritt Island | 4.2% | 14.2 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Melbourne'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 36.1-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.