Outdoors · Metz

Metz, MO parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.2% of Metz is conserved land, roughly 669 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Metz outdoors

Conserved land
2.2%
669 of 30,515 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
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

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

Balltown Access

Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
184 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Gama Grass Prairie Conservation Area

Managed by Missouri Department of Conservation
81 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Who protects the land

669 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)
347 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
65 ac
Not recorded
256 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 413 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
Nearby

Metz and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Metz2.2%16.1 mi2
Osage24.9%13.1 mi1
Osage5.5%6.6 mi6
Henry4.3%24.3 mi0
Howard1.5%1.2 mi2
Lake5.8%12.0 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Metz'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 23-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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