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Baker Wetlands
Managed by Baker University
1,001 acres8.3 mi of trail
Diagonal TrailRed LoopNorth TrailBoardwalk Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Wakarusa
Wakarusa, KS parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of Wakarusa is conserved land, roughly 862 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Baker Wetlands (8.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wakarusa, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wakarusa outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
862 of 27,187 acres
Trails
17 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
373 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.0 mi
1.9 mi lanes · 5.2 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
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
Outlet Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Wells Overlook Park
Managed by Douglas County
17 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Lawrence Nature Park
Managed by City of Lawrence
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
862 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 58 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 8 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Wakarusa and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wakarusa'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 32.5-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.