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Cedar Hill State Park
Managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
1,876 acres14.7 mi of trail
Talala TrailPlum Valley TrailDuck Pond TrailPenn Farm Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Cedar Hill
Cedar Hill, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Cedar Hill is conserved land, roughly 3,740 acres. There are about 28 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cedar Hill State Park (14.7 mi), Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center (2.4 mi), and Cedar Ridge Preserve (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cedar Hill, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cedar Hill outdoors
Conserved land
16%
3,740 of 22,873 acres
Trails
28 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
77 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
20.6 mi
4.3 mi lanes · 16.3 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.
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Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center
Nature preserve
206 acres2.4 mi of trail
West Loop TrailCedar Mountain TrailCanyon Floor TrailDogwood Trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Cedar Ridge Preserve
Managed by Dallas Audubon Society (owned by Dallas County)
203 acres0.6 mi of trail
Cedar Brake Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
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Valley Ridge Park
Park
133 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Longhorn Park
Park
11 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Highland Park
Park
8 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Calf Pasture Park
Park
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Ridge View Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 20 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 20 parks & preserves
Cedar Hill State Park1,876 acres · 14.7 mi of trail · Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center206 acres · 2.4 mi of trail
Cedar Ridge Preserve203 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Dallas Audubon Society (owned by Dallas County)
Valley Ridge Park133 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Longhorn Park11 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Highland Park8 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Calf Pasture Park7 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Ridge View Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Windsor Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Virginia Weaver Park27 acres
Who protects the land
3,740 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 96 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 87 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths16.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- DORBA Trail Short (bike route)2.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball29
- Tennis23
- Basketball4
- Football4
- Multi-sport3
- Soccer2
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Cedar Hill and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hill | 16.4% | 28.0 mi | 20 |
| Dallas | 8.2% | 241.9 mi | 276 |
| Grand Prairie | 21.7% | 24.4 mi | 34 |
| Duncanville | 4% | 5.9 mi | 15 |
| Midlothian | 0.6% | 5.5 mi | 10 |
| DeSoto | 3.6% | 7.2 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cedar Hill'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 23.6-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.