1
Westside Park
Park
25 acres0.6 mi of trail
Whitetail TrailBlack Eyed Susan TrailSquirrel Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Starkville
Starkville, MS parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.6% of Starkville is conserved land, roughly 817 acres. There are about 3.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Westside Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Starkville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Starkville outdoors
Conserved land
4.6%
817 of 17,798 acres
Trails
3.5 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
9
32 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.1 mi
2.3 mi lanes · 3.8 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
Starkville Parks and Rec Sports Plex
Park
63 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
McKee Park
Park
36 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Babe Ruth Park
Park
36 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
Westside Park25 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
McKee Park36 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Moncrief Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Babe Ruth Park36 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Starkville Parks and Rec Sports Plex63 acres
Overstreet Elementary Park3 acres
George Evans Park2 acres
Patriots Park1 acres
Fire Station Park1 acres · Starkville Parks and Recreation Department
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Starkville
Cotton District Pool
Moncrief Park PoolIn Moncrief Park
Unnamed public pool
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 2.0 miUnpaved 2.1 mi
- Whitetail Trail0.7 mi
- Black Eyed Susan Trail0.7 mi
- Squirrel Trail0.5 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
817 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis18
- Baseball17
- Basketball4
- Soccer3
- Football1
- Beach volleyball1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Starkville
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 648 acLocal Recreation Area 99 acLocal Park 70 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi 16th Section Public School Trust LandsState Resource Management Area | State land board | 648 | Open |
| SportsplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 63 | Open |
| Mckee ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 35 | Open |
| Babe Ruth ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 35 | Open |
| J.L. King Senior Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Moncrief ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Jaycee FieldLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| George Evans ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Patriot'S ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Civil War MemorialMemorial
Entrance SignMonument
Entrance SignMonument
Firefighter MemorialIn Fire Station Park · Memorial
Original Campus Entrance GateMonument
Associated Reform Presbyterian CemeteryCemetery
Boyd CemeteryCemetery
Brush Arbor CemeteryCemetery
Oddfellows CemeteryCemetery
Old Presbyterian CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Starkville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starkville | 4.6% | 3.5 mi | 9 |
| Mississippi State | 1.2% | 0.7 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Starkville'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 23.4-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.