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Outlet Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
578 acres4.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lawrence
Lawrence, KS parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Lawrence is conserved land, roughly 2,984 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Outlet Park (4.6 mi), Riverfront Park (2.9 mi), and Lawrence Nature Park (2.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lawrence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lawrence outdoors
Conserved land
13%
2,984 of 22,531 acres
Trails
46 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
51
31 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
109.5 mi
24.3 mi lanes · 58.4 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
Riverfront Park
Nature preserve
717 acres2.9 mi of trail
Riverfront North Park TrailLawrence River TrailConnector
Dog rules not recorded
3
Lawrence Nature Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
94 acres2.8 mi of trail
Purple RouteWhite RouteYellow RouteRed Route
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sports Pavilion Lawrence
Park
77 acres2.2 mi of trail
Sports Pavilion Lawrence TrailsRock Chalk Park Trails
Dog rules not recorded
5
"Dad" Perry Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
46 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Prairie Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
81 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
South Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
17 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
8
DeVictor Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
46 acres0.9 mi of trail
DeVictor Park Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 51 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 51 parks & preserves
Outlet Park578 acres · 4.6 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
Riverfront Park717 acres · 2.9 mi of trail
Lawrence Nature Park94 acres · 2.8 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
Sports Pavilion Lawrence77 acres · 2.2 mi of trail
"Dad" Perry Park46 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
Prairie Park81 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
South Park17 acres · 1 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
DeVictor Park46 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
Brook Creek Park41 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve18 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · City of Lawrence
Who protects the land
2,984 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 55 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes24.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths58.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes26.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball58
- Tennis55
- Soccer25
- Baseball24
- Football19
- Pickleball14
- Beach volleyball12
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lawrence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lawrence'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 29.6-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.