1
Stone State Park
Managed by Iowa Department of Natural Resources
1,422 acres12.8 mi of trail
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Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Sioux
Sioux, IA parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.5% of Sioux is conserved land, roughly 3,648 acres. There are about 42 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Stone State Park (12.8 mi), Bacon Creek Park (7 mi), and Sioux City State Prairie Preserve (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sioux, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sioux outdoors
Conserved land
9.5%
3,648 of 38,542 acres
Trails
42 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
48
42 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
43.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 43.0 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
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
Bacon Creek Park
Park
232 acres7 mi of trail
Bacon Creek
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Sioux City State Prairie Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
149 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Chris Larsen Park
Park
128 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Riverside Park
Park
97 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Grandview Park
Managed by City of Sioux City
33 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
South Ravine Park
Park
75 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Prairie Park
Park
108 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 48 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 48 parks & preserves
Stone State Park1,422 acres · 12.8 mi of trail · Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Bacon Creek Park232 acres · 7 mi of trail
Sioux City State Prairie Preserve149 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · The Nature Conservancy
Chris Larsen Park128 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Riverside Park97 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Grandview Park33 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · City of Sioux City
South Ravine Park75 acres · 1 mi of trail
Prairie Park108 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
War Eagle Park72 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Sertoma Park110 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Who protects the land
3,648 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 paths43.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball53
- Tennis46
- Soccer19
- Basketball13
- Football7
- Beach volleyball3
- Volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Sioux and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux | 9.5% | 42.1 mi | 48 |
| Big Sioux | 18.8% | 22.4 mi | 2 |
| Dakota Dunes | 0.5% | 7.8 mi | 1 |
| North Sioux City | 0.2% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| Sergeant Bluff | 2.5% | 0.7 mi | 7 |
| South Sioux City | 5.7% | 0.9 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sioux'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 38.2-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.