Outdoors · Alexandria

Alexandria, LA parks, trails & bike paths

There are about 9.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Alexandria Zoological Park (1.2 mi) and Compton Park (0.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Alexandria outdoors

Conserved land
0.8%
144 of 18,635 acres
Trails
9.2 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
3 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.9 mi
3.6 mi lanes · 3.5 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.
1

Alexandria Zoological Park

Park
25 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Compton Park

Park
25 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Cheatham Park

Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Hunter Park

Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
  • City of Alexandria River Front Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
  • Alexandria City Park5 ac · Directions
  • St Fracis Cabrini Walking Trail and Park2 ac · Directions
  • Alexander Fulton Park1 ac
Who protects the land

144 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
140 ac
State parks
4 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes3.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths3.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes2.8 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball36
  • Tennis30
  • Basketball9
  • Soccer7
  • Football5
  • Softball2
  • Pickleball2

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Alexandria and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Alexandria0.8%9.2 mi8
Pineville0.4%1.0 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Alexandria'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 30-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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