1
Forest Park
Managed by City of St. Louis
1,345 acres13.1 mi of trail
Heels PathFlat Rock TrailPrimate Canopy Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · St. Louis
St. Louis, MO parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.1% of St. Louis is conserved land, roughly 3,004 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Forest Park (13.1 mi), Willmore Park (3 mi), and Carondelet Park (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in St. Louis, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
St. Louis outdoors
Conserved land
7.1%
3,004 of 42,122 acres
Trails
39 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 28 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
131
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
186.7 mi
64.8 mi lanes · 54.6 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
Willmore Park
Park
108 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Carondelet Park
Managed by City of St. Louis
172 acres2.5 mi of trail
Federer’s Folly Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Tilles Park
Park
31 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Tower Grove Park
Managed by City of St. Louis
275 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
6
Missouri Botanical Garden
Park
81 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape
Park
18 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
8
Hyde Park
Park
12 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 131 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 131 parks & preserves
Forest Park1,345 acres · 13.1 mi of trail · City of St. Louis
Willmore Park108 acres · 3 mi of trail
Carondelet Park172 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · City of St. Louis
Tilles Park31 acres · 2 mi of trail
Tower Grove Park275 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · City of St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Garden81 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape18 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Hyde Park12 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
North Riverfront Park159 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of St. Louis
O'Fallon Park137 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · City of St. Louis
Who protects the land
3,004 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes64.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths54.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes67.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis126
- Basketball55
- Pickleball45
- Baseball41
- Soccer39
- Softball37
- Football16
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
St. Louis and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 7.1% | 38.5 mi | 131 |
| Lemay | 2.8% | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| Venice | 24.3% | 1.1 mi | 4 |
| Clayton | 5.6% | 1.4 mi | 8 |
| Centreville | 8.5% | 5.8 mi | 10 |
| Riverview | 0.4% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Richmond Heights | 0.3% | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about St. Louis'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 37.9-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.