1
Riverside Park
Park
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Murphysboro
Murphysboro, IL parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.8% of Murphysboro is conserved land, roughly 62 acres. Murphysboro has 4 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
1.8%
62 of 3,395 acres
Trails
0.0 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Longfellow Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Parkview Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Town Square
Park
1 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.
Boat launches in Murphysboro
Murphysboro
Who protects the land
62 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball6
- Tennis3
- Football1
- 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.
Local Park 58 acNational Forest 3 acUnknown 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 52 | Open |
| Shawnee National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 3 | Open |
| Longfellow ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 3 | Open |
| Parkview ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 2 | Open |
| Town Center ParkLocal Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
| General John A. Logan MuseumUnknown | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Murdale Gardens of MemoryCemetery
Murphysboro City CemeteryCemetery
Saint Andrews CemeteryCemetery
Tower Grove CemeteryCemetery
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.