Outdoors · Dexter

Dexter, MO parks, trails & bike paths

About 2% of Dexter is conserved land, roughly 95 acres. There are about 1.0 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Dexter outdoors

Conserved land
2%
95 of 4,679 acres
Trails
1.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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

12
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

Dexter City Park

Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

East Park

Managed by City of Dexter
26 acres
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.
Playgrounds in Dexter
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Directions
Unnamed playground in East Park
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Unnamed playground in Dexter City Park
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Unnamed playground in Dexter City Park
Directions
Who protects the land

95 conserved acres

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

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball10
  • Basketball8
  • Tennis7
  • Soccer3
  • Tracks1
  • Football1
  • Equestrian1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Dexter

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 95 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
East ParkLocal ParkTown or city79Open
West ParkLocal ParkTown or city11Open
Boon ParkLocal ParkTown or city5Open
History

Historic places to visit

Dexter CemeteryCemetery
Miller CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Dexter'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 20-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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