1
Orchard Park
Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Independence
Independence, IA parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.9% of Independence is conserved land, roughly 74 acres. There are about 1.2 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Independence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Independence outdoors
Conserved land
1.9%
74 of 3,923 acres
Trails
1.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
10
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.5 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
Riverwalk Park
Managed by City of Independence
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Lion's Club Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Veteran's Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
- Bathing Beach Park4 ac
- Water Tower Park4 ac
- 3rd Ward Park2 ac
- 4th Ward Park2 ac
- 5th Ward Park2 ac
- Teachers Park2 ac
Who protects the land
74 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 paths2.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Baseball7
- Basketball3
- Beach volleyball3
- Softball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Independence'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.