Outdoors · Sycamore

Sycamore, KS parks, trails & bike paths

About 13% of Sycamore is conserved land, roughly 9,532 acres. There are about 13 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Sycamore outdoors

Conserved land
13%
9,532 of 72,989 acres
Trails
13 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 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.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Sycamore
Unnamed playground
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

9,532 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)
8,464 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
7,508 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
4,005 ac
Joint
385 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 8,650 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 13 parcels. 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 lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Sycamore

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Agricultural Easement 10,616 acConservation Easement 8,479 acPrivate Conservation 882 acUnknown Easement 385 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Greater Flint Hills FeePrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits882Access unknown
History

Historic places to visit

Cassoday CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Sycamore and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Sycamore13.1%12.7 mi0
Chelsea4.5%5.4 mi1
Lincoln0.5%30.1 mi1
Salem2.3%16.7 mi0
Matfield16.3%5.2 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Sycamore'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 34.5-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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