Outdoors · Eureka

Eureka, MO parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.2% of Eureka is conserved land, roughly 161 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Drewel Park (0.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Eureka outdoors

Conserved land
2.2%
161 of 7,202 acres
Trails
10 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.5 mi
0.0 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

Drewel Park

Park
16 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Hilltop Park

Park
28 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Soetebier Park

Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
4

Kircher Park

Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Drewel Park16 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Coffey Park15 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lions Park13 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Hilltop Park28 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Route 66 State Park12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Missouri State Parks
Legion Park12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Edward Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Soetebier Park26 acres
Kircher Park26 acres
Berry Park9 acres
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Campgrounds in Eureka
KOA Campgrounds
Directions
Rental tents
Directions
Yogi Bear's Jellystone ParkFee
Directions
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Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

161 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
156 ac
County
1 ac
Not recorded
3 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 12 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 paths3.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis11
  • Baseball10
  • Soccer5
  • Pickleball2
  • Basketball1
  • Field hockey1
  • Football1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Eureka

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 157 acState Other or Unknown 2 acState Park 1 ac
Showing 1–10 of 12 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Hilltop ParkLocal ParkTown or city27Open
Soetebier ParkLocal ParkTown or city26Open
Kircher ParkLocal ParkTown or city22Open
Berry ParkLocal ParkTown or city21Open
Drewel ParkLocal ParkTown or city17Open
Coffey ParkLocal ParkTown or city15Open
Lions ParkLocal ParkTown or city14Open
Legion ParkLocal ParkTown or city13Open
Rockwoods RangeState Other or UnknownNot recorded2Access unknown
Bowlby ParkLocal ParkTown or city2Open
History

Historic places to visit

Allen CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Eureka and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Eureka2.2%10.1 mi13
Wildwood18.4%43.3 mi10
Pacific1.3%0.6 mi6
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Eureka'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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