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Dunnings Spring Park
Park
52 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dunning Spring
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Decorah
Decorah, IA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Decorah is conserved land, roughly 495 acres. There are about 5.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dunnings Spring Park (0.7 mi) and Phelps Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Decorah, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Decorah outdoors
Conserved land
11%
495 of 4,631 acres
Trails
5.1 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
66 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.2 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 12.5 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
Phelps Park
Nature preserve
45 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Will Baker Park
Park
43 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Carl Selland Park
Park
71 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
- Trout Run Wildlife Management Area46 ac
- Chattahoochie County Park34 ac
- Winneshiek County Fairgrounds25 ac
- Highway 52 Surplus12 ac
- Trout Run County Park7 ac
- Nordhem Park6 ac
- Miller Park6 ac
- Swimming Pool Park4 ac · Directions
- Palisades Park1 ac
- Bendthal Commons1 ac · Directions
- Mary Christopher Park1 ac
Who protects the land
495 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 49 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 lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis18
- Baseball5
- Football5
- Soccer4
- Basketball2
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Decorah'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.