1
Wilderness Park Soccer Complex
Park
38 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Wilderness Park Parking
Outdoors · Columbus
Columbus, NE parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.5% of Columbus is conserved land, roughly 249 acres. There are about 3.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wilderness Park Soccer Complex (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Columbus, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Columbus outdoors
Conserved land
3.5%
249 of 7,055 acres
Trails
3.2 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.3 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
Frankfort Square
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Pawnee Park
Park
125 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Gerrard Park
Park
26 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
- Bradshaw Park19 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Centennial Park Baseball Complex20 ac
- Glur Park7 ac
- Ag Park6 ac
- Airport Park3 ac
- Hanover Square2 ac
- Berne Square Park2 ac
- Gruenther Park1 ac · Directions
- Fountain Square1 ac
Who protects the land
249 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer17
- Tennis16
- Baseball15
- Football5
- Volleyball3
- Basketball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Columbus and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 3.5% | 3.2 mi | 13 |
| Columbus | 0.1% | 12.7 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Columbus'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.