1
Fort Massac State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
1,292 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Metropolis
Metropolis, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 34% of Metropolis is conserved land, roughly 1,336 acres. There are about 3.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fort Massac State Park (2.6 mi) and Metropolis Sportspark (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Metropolis, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Metropolis outdoors
Conserved land
34%
1,336 of 3,918 acres
Trails
3.7 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
228 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.6 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
Metropolis Sportspark
Park
22 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Metropolis Soccer Fields
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Franklin Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
- Lincoln Park2 ac · Directions
- Washington Park1 ac
- Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,336 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer8
- Baseball6
- Tennis5
- Basketball4
- Softball3
- Football1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Metropolis'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.