1
Riverside Park
Park
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Murphysboro
Murphysboro, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.6% of Murphysboro is conserved land, roughly 840 acres. Murphysboro has 6 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Murphysboro, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Murphysboro outdoors
Conserved land
3.6%
840 of 23,580 acres
Trails
0.2 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
89 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.5 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
Lake Murphysboro State Park
Managed by Illinois Department of Natural Resources
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Longfellow Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Parkview Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Murphysboro
Murphysboro
Water
Lakes & rivers
Bleyer LakeBleyer LkakeBorgsmiller LakereservoirChautauqua LakereservoirLake HenryreservoirMisty Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
840 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 paths0.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis4
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Murphysboro
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 766 acLocal Park 60 acState Park 12 acUnknown 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 652 | Open |
| Shawnee Purchase UnitNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 114 | Open |
| Riverside ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 53 | Open |
| Lake Murphysboro State ParkState Park | State natural resources | 12 | Open |
| Longfellow ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 4 | Open |
| Parkview ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 2 | Open |
| Town Center ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 2 | Open |
| General John A. Logan MuseumUnknown | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
Bostick CemeteryCemetery
Hall CemeteryCemetery
Hiller-Crab Orchard CemeteryCemetery
Mount Carbon CemeteryCemetery
Mount Pleasant CemeteryCemetery
Murdale Gardens of MemoryCemetery
Murphysboro City CemeteryCemetery
Pleasant Grove Memorial CemeteryCemetery
Poplar Ridge CemeteryCemetery
Saint Andrews CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Murphysboro and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro | 3.6% | 0.2 mi | 6 |
| Somerset | 1.2% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Sand Ridge | 23.5% | 11.4 mi | 1 |
| Carbondale | 7.6% | 14.2 mi | 29 |
| Pomona | 51.6% | 21.8 mi | 1 |
| Carbondale | 4.3% | 11.2 mi | 28 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Murphysboro'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.