1
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
6,996 acres5.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Cunningham
Cunningham, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 31% of Cunningham is conserved land, roughly 12,298 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (5.5 mi) and Yellow Creek Conservation Area (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cunningham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cunningham outdoors
Conserved land
31%
12,298 of 39,410 acres
Trails
39 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 15 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
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.
2
Yellow Creek Conservation Area
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
583 acres2 mi of trail
North TrailSouth trailSouth TrailNorth trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Fountain Grove Conservation Area
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Sumner Access
Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
3 acres0.1 mi of 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.
Boat launches in Cunningham
Sumner Access Boat RampIn Sumner Access
Unnamed boat launch in Sumner Access
Unnamed boat launch in Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Unnamed boat launch in Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Trails
Named trails
- North Trail1.5 mi
- South trail0.3 mi
- South Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
12,298 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4,713 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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 Cunningham
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 13,974 acConservation Easement 4,717 acState Conservation Area 591 acPrivate Recreation or Education 3 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 13,974 | Restricted |
| Yellow Creek Natural AreaState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 474 | Restricted |
| Yellow Creek Conservation AreaState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 115 | Restricted |
| Sumner AccessPrivate Recreation or Education | Not recorded | 3 | Closed |
| Fountain Grove Conservation AreaState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 2 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Lakeside CemeteryCemetery
Purvis CemeteryCemetery
Taylor CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Cunningham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham | 31.2% | 39.3 mi | 4 |
| Grand River | 12.3% | 1.4 mi | 1 |
| Hurricane | 3.7% | 2.4 mi | 2 |
| Yellow Creek | 9.2% | 4.6 mi | 2 |
| Jefferson | 6.7% | 2.8 mi | 5 |
| Mendon | 22.5% | 26.7 mi | 1 |
| Triplett | 11.8% | 26.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cunningham'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 29.1-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.