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Spillway Cycle Area
Park
32 acres1.6 mi of trail
Spillway cycle areaNovice riding area
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Blue
Blue, KS parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Blue is conserved land, roughly 4,465 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Spillway Cycle Area (1.6 mi), Tuttle Creek State Park (1.5 mi), and Tuttle Creek State Park - Cedar Ridge (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Blue, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Blue outdoors
Conserved land
14%
4,465 of 31,027 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
863 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.4 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
Tuttle Creek State Park
Managed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
394 acres1.5 mi of trail
Spillway cycle areaCanyon TrailEagle Pass Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Tuttle Creek State Park - Cedar Ridge
Managed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
208 acres1.2 mi of trail
Cedar Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake Number Two
Managed by Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
243 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area
Managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers
4,224 acres0.4 mi of trail
Spillway cycle areaCanyon Trail
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.
Campgrounds in Blue
Cedar Ridge CampgroundIn Tuttle Creek State Park - Cedar Ridge
River Pond CampgroundIn Tuttle Creek State Park
Unnamed campground in Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake Number Two
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 3.5 mi
- Spillway cycle area2.3 mi
- Cedar Ridge Trail0.7 mi
- Canyon Trail0.4 mi
- Eagle Pass Trail0.2 mi
- Manhattan River Trails0.1 mi
- Novice riding area0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
4,465 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 paths1.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball3
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Blue
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Recreation Management Area 4,170 acState Park 376 acState Recreation Area 255 acLocal Park 5 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttle Creek Recreation AreaRecreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 4,170 | Open |
| Tuttle Creek State ParksState Park | Other state land | 376 | Open |
| Pottawatomie State Fishing LakeState Recreation Area | Other state land | 255 | Open |
| Battery ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Hays CemeteryCemetery
Saint Patricks CemeteryCemetery
Valley View CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Blue and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 14.4% | 10.6 mi | 8 |
| Manhattan | 5.1% | 15.6 mi | 12 |
| Manhattan | 4.5% | 42.2 mi | 32 |
| Grant | 21.3% | 4.3 mi | 6 |
| Zeandale | 0% | 2.1 mi | 1 |
| St. George | 0% | 2.2 mi | 2 |
| Pottawatomie | 0% | 0.9 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Blue'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 31.2-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.