1
Yellow Smoke Park
Park
158 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Denison
Denison, IA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.1% of Denison is conserved land, roughly 214 acres. There are about 2.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Yellow Smoke Park (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Denison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Denison outdoors
Conserved land
5.1%
214 of 4,183 acres
Trails
2.8 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.8 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
Northside Recreation Complex
Park
35 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Little League Complex
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Sunset Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Yellow Smoke Park158 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Washington Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Johnson Park4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Northside Recreation Complex35 acres
Little League Complex8 acres
Sunset Park6 acres
Union Park4 acres
Maxwell Park2 acres
Tuckers Park2 acres
Morningside Park1 acres
Who protects the land
214 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 paths2.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Soccer7
- Tennis6
- Football1
- Beach volleyball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Denison'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.