Outdoors · Baker

Baker, KS parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.7% of Baker is conserved land, roughly 1,285 acres. There are about 5.7 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Baker outdoors

Conserved land
3.7%
1,285 of 35,154 acres
Trails
5.7 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
370 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.2 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

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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.
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Mined Land Wildlife Area - Pittsburg Units

Managed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
1,191 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
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 Baker
Unnamed boat launch in Mined Land Wildlife Area - Pittsburg Units
Directions
Unnamed boat launch in Mined Land Wildlife Area - Pittsburg Units
Directions
Unnamed boat launch in Mined Land Wildlife Area - Pittsburg Units
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,285 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
1,205 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
74 ac
Other state land
5 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 74 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes4.2 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Baker

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 1,210 acConservation Easement 74 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Mined Land Wildlife AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife1,205Restricted
Robb PrairieState Conservation AreaOther state land5Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Dietz CemeteryCemetery
Langdon CemeteryCemetery
West Union CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Baker and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Baker3.7%5.7 mi1
Pittsburg1.3%7.8 mi10
Sheridan0.3%0.1 mi1
Pleasant View0%0.1 mi1
South West11.3%17.2 mi1
Frontenac0.6%0.6 mi1
Washington1.1%2.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Baker'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 27.2-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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