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McLane Park
Park
63 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.7% of Poplar Bluff is conserved land, roughly 144 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in McLane Park (1.2 mi) and Bacon Memorial Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Poplar Bluff, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Poplar Bluff outdoors
Conserved land
1.7%
144 of 8,648 acres
Trails
22 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.0 mi
0.7 mi lanes · 4.3 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
Bacon Memorial Park
Park
30 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Whiteley Park
Park
31 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hillcrest Park
Park
10 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.
Boat launches in Poplar Bluff
Sportsman Park Access
Unnamed boat launch
Who protects the land
144 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball18
- Tennis11
- Soccer10
- Pickleball4
- Football3
- Basketball3
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Poplar Bluff
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 75 acLocal Recreation Area 65 acNational Forest 4 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry F Mcclane Park And Recreation AreaLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 65 | Open |
| Whiteley ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Bacon Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Hillcrest ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Sportsmans ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Hendrickson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Ferguson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Mark Twain National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 4 | Open |
| Line ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Poplar Bluff City CemeteryCemetery
Sacred Heart CemeteryCemetery
Woodlawn CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Poplar Bluff'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.