1
McHose Park
Park
220 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Boone
Boone, IA parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.7% of Boone is conserved land, roughly 277 acres. There are about 4.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Boone, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Boone outdoors
Conserved land
4.7%
277 of 5,889 acres
Trails
4.5 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
22 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.9 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
Herman Park
Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Memorial Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Blair Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
McHose Park220 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Miles-Lee Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Herman Park26 acres
Memorial Park8 acres
Blair Park2 acres
Franklin Park2 acres
Cummings Park1 acres
Opal Dubois Anderson Park1 acres
Milwaukee Park1 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Boone
Unnamed playground in Miles-Lee Park
Unnamed playground
Who protects the land
277 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball18
- Tennis8
- Soccer2
- Football2
- Softball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Boone
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 262 acLocal Recreation Area 14 ac
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mchose ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 209 | Open |
| Herman ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Little League ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Lowell ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Erbe ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Cummings PlaygroundLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Franklin ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Anderson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Miles-Lee ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Leatham CemeteryCemetery
Linwood Park CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Boone'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.