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Shelby Farms Park
Managed by Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
4,606 acres38.4 mi of trail
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Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Memphis
Memphis, TN parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.5% of Memphis is conserved land, roughly 18,120 acres. There are about 177 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Shelby Farms Park (38.4 mi), Overton Park (5.9 mi), and Audubon Park (5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Memphis, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Memphis outdoors
Conserved land
9.5%
18,120 of 190,268 acres
Trails
177 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 97 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
158
29 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
388.0 mi
240.0 mi lanes · 45.5 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
Overton Park
Park
348 acres5.9 mi of trail
Overton Park Limestone Running Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Audubon Park
Managed by Audubon
331 acres5 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
T.O. Fuller State Park
Managed by Tennessee State Parks
1,826 acres4.9 mi of trail
Discovery Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mud Island Park
Park
51 acres2.6 mi of trail
Mississippi River Model Walk
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Chucalissa Archaeological Park
Park
223 acres2.4 mi of trail
Discovery Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Martin Luther King Riverside Park
Park
333 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Tom Lee Park
Park
28 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 158 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 158 parks & preserves
Shelby Farms Park4,606 acres · 38.4 mi of trail · Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
Overton Park348 acres · 5.9 mi of trail
Audubon Park331 acres · 5 mi of trail · Audubon
T.O. Fuller State Park1,826 acres · 4.9 mi of trail · Tennessee State Parks
Mud Island Park51 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
Chucalissa Archaeological Park223 acres · 2.4 mi of trail
Martin Luther King Riverside Park333 acres · 2.2 mi of trail
Tom Lee Park28 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Frayser Park42 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Liberty Park178 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
18,120 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 812 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes240.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths45.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes102.5 mi
- Shelby Farms Greenline (bike route)4.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis304
- Baseball105
- Basketball52
- Soccer46
- Football30
- Golf20
- Pickleball12
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Memphis and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 9.5% | 177.0 mi | 158 |
| Germantown | 4.4% | 12.6 mi | 19 |
| Bartlett | 5.5% | 11.7 mi | 15 |
| Lakeland | 0.8% | 5.1 mi | 0 |
| Southaven | 1.1% | 5.7 mi | 17 |
| Olive Branch | 0.3% | 7.0 mi | 5 |
| West Memphis | 0.6% | 6.2 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Memphis'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 72.9-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.