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About 12% of Madison is conserved land, roughly 1,838 acres. There are about 8.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Slate Run Metro Park (7.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Madison, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
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Conserved land
12%
1,838 of 15,541 acres
Trails
8.6 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
1,101 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.1 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🛝 Natural Play Area 🛝 Unnamed playground in Slate Run Metro Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Slate Run Metro Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Slate Run Metro Park 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Slate Run Metro Park 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Slate Run Metro Park 🧺 Shady Grove Picnic Area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Equestrian Day Use 1 2
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Slate Run Metro Park Managed by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks
1,684 acres7.9 mi of trail
Five Oaks Trail Bobolink Grassland Trail Kokomo Wetland Trail Sugar Maple Trail Covered Bridge Trail
🐕 No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
2 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Playgrounds in Madison Show all on map
🛝 Natural Play Area In Slate Run Metro Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Slate Run Metro Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Slate Run Metro Park
🛝 Unnamed playground in Slate Run Metro Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.3 mi
Five Oaks Trail 1.5 mi Bobolink Grassland Trail 1.5 mi Kokomo Wetland Trail 1.3 mi Sugar Maple Trail 1.2 mi Covered Bridge Trail 0.5 mi Shagbark Trail 0.5 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
1,838 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.1 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Madison
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 1,661 ac Private Park 178 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Slate Run Metropark Local Park Regional agency 1,661 Open Landings at Rickenbacker Golf Course Private Park Private owners 178 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🏛️ Blackburn Covered Bridge In Slate Run Metro Park
🏛️ Covered Bridge Trail In Slate Run Metro Park
🪦 A R Duvall Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Conklin Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
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Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Madison'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.
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