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George Wyth Memorial State Park
Managed by Iowa Department of Natural Resources
851 acres11.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Waterloo
Waterloo, IA parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.3% of Waterloo is conserved land, roughly 2,530 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in George Wyth Memorial State Park (11.1 mi), Black Hawk Creek Greenbelt (7.3 mi), and Hartman Reserve Nature Center (6.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Waterloo, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Waterloo outdoors
Conserved land
6.3%
2,530 of 40,344 acres
Trails
44 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 25 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
62
38 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
50.7 mi
0.8 mi lanes · 49.3 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
Black Hawk Creek Greenbelt
Nature preserve
577 acres7.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hartman Reserve Nature Center
Park
341 acres6.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hope Martin Memorial Park
Park
177 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Leonard Katoski Greenbelt Park
Park
136 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Riverview Recreation Area
Park
349 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Robinson Bird Sanctuary
Nature preserve
79 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Sherwood Park
Park
74 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 62 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 62 parks & preserves
George Wyth Memorial State Park851 acres · 11.1 mi of trail · Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Black Hawk Creek Greenbelt577 acres · 7.3 mi of trail
Hartman Reserve Nature Center341 acres · 6.6 mi of trail
Hope Martin Memorial Park177 acres · 3 mi of trail
Leonard Katoski Greenbelt Park136 acres · 2.3 mi of trail
Riverview Recreation Area349 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Robinson Bird Sanctuary79 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Sherwood Park74 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Greenbelt Lake55 acres · 1 mi of trail
Katoski Greenbelt51 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,530 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths49.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis40
- Baseball32
- Soccer20
- Basketball12
- Beach volleyball8
- Football5
- Pickleball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Waterloo and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | 6.3% | 43.6 mi | 62 |
| Evansdale | 9.2% | 0.1 mi | 10 |
| Cedar Falls | 4% | 10.9 mi | 58 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Waterloo'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 31.9-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.