Outdoors · Dike

Dike, IA parks, trails & bike paths

About 11% of Dike is conserved land, roughly 101 acres. There are about 2.2 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dike, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Dike outdoors

Conserved land
11%
101 of 884 acres
Trails
2.2 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
74 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

1
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.
1

Dike Park

Park
3 acres0.1 mi of trail
Phil Kruger Memorial Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Dike
Unnamed playground in Dike Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 2.2 mi
  • Phil Kruger Memorial Trail2.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

101 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
101 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball7
  • Tennis4
  • Football1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Dike

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 101 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Grundy County LakeLocal ParkCounty101Open
History

Historic places to visit

Elmwood CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Dike'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.

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