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Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
3,846 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Mendon
Mendon, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 23% of Mendon is conserved land, roughly 5,330 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (4.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mendon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mendon outdoors
Conserved land
23%
5,330 of 23,635 acres
Trails
27 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Mendon
Unnamed playground
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
5,330 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,388 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
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Mendon
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 7,881 acConservation Easement 1,392 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 7,881 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Jackson CemeteryCemetery
Newcomer CemeteryCemetery
Old Mendon CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Mendon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendon | 22.5% | 26.7 mi | 1 |
| Salt Creek | 0.5% | 5.1 mi | 0 |
| Triplett | 11.8% | 26.1 mi | 3 |
| Cunningham | 31.2% | 39.3 mi | 4 |
| Yellow Creek | 9.2% | 4.6 mi | 2 |
| Brunswick | 2% | 12.2 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mendon'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 20.1-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.