Outdoors · Abilene

Abilene, KS parks, trails & bike paths

About 3% of Abilene is conserved land, roughly 92 acres. There are about 1.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum (0.8 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Abilene, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Abilene outdoors

Conserved land
3%
92 of 3,086 acres
Trails
1.2 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.2 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

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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.
1

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum

Park
22 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
2

Eisenhower Park

Park
60 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

North Diamond Complex

Park
28 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Bicentennial Park

Park
4 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.
Campgrounds in Abilene
Flatland RV Park
Directions
Who protects the land

92 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
91 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.2 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis8
  • Baseball7
  • Football1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Abilene

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 64 acLocal Recreation Area 27 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Eisenhower ParkLocal ParkTown or city60Open
North Diamond ComplexLocal Recreation AreaTown or city27Open
Bicentennial ParkLocal ParkTown or city4Open
History

Historic places to visit

Eisenhower MonumentIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum · Monument
Honor Roll of Dickinson County ServicemenMemorial
Texas Cattle Trail TerminusMemorial
Abilene CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Abilene and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Abilene3%1.2 mi4
Grant0%1.7 mi1
Lincoln0%3.0 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Abilene'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.

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