1
High Trestle Trail
Nature preserve
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Slater
Slater, IA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.9% of Slater is conserved land, roughly 36 acres. Slater has 6 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Slater, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Slater outdoors
Conserved land
2.9%
36 of 1,216 acres
Trails
0.6 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.8 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 3.5 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
Earl Grim Park
Park
13 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Southside Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Heart of Iowa Nature Trail
Managed by Story CCB
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Slater
Unnamed playground in Earl Grim Park
Unnamed playground in Southside Park
Unnamed playground in Nelson Park
Unnamed playground
Who protects the land
36 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Tennis3
- Soccer3
- Beach volleyball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Slater
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Recreation Area 29 acLocal Park 7 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Trestle TrailState Recreation Area | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| Ankeny to Woodward TrailState Recreation Area | County | 8 | Open |
| Heart of Iowa Nature TrailLocal Park | County | 5 | Open |
| Nelson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Bethlehem CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Slater'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.