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William Goodrich Jones State Forest
Managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
1,713 acres18.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Conroe
Conroe, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.9% of Conroe is conserved land, roughly 2,399 acres. There are about 56 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in William Goodrich Jones State Forest (18.3 mi), Carl Barton Jr Park (2.8 mi), and The Woodlands Hills Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Conroe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Conroe outdoors
Conserved land
4.9%
2,399 of 48,903 acres
Trails
56 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
32
23 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.
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
Carl Barton Jr Park
Park
177 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
The Woodlands Hills Park
Park
11 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Candy Cane Park
Park
27 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
McDade Park
Park
42 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
The Lone Star Monument & Historical Flag Park
Park
12 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Booker T. Washington Park
Park
6 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 32 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 32 parks & preserves
William Goodrich Jones State Forest1,713 acres · 18.3 mi of trail · Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Carl Barton Jr Park177 acres · 2.8 mi of trail
The Woodlands Hills Park11 acres · 1 mi of trail
Candy Cane Park27 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
McDade Park42 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
The Lone Star Monument & Historical Flag Park12 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park11 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Booker T. Washington Park6 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Owen Park133 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City Of Conroe
Lake Conroe Park18 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
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 Conroe
Woodland Hills Lap PoolIn The Woodlands Hills Park
Woodland Hills Lazy RiverIn The Woodlands Hills Park
Woodland Hills Lazy RiverIn The Woodlands Hills Park
Woodland Hills PoolIn The Woodlands Hills Park
Unnamed public pool
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.1 mi
- Butlersburg0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 31 places
Artesian LakereservoirBass PondreservoirCane LakeCatfish CovereservoirCountry Club LakereservoirDeer LakeGrand LakeHickory LakeHidden Creek Preserve PondpondHidden Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,399 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 81 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 48 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis30
- Baseball29
- Soccer16
- Basketball16
- Pickleball10
- Tracks6
- Beach volleyball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Conroe
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Forest Stewardship Easement 1,724 acState Resource Management Area 1,723 acConservation Easement 515 acLocal Park 356 acOther Easement 87 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. Goodrich Jones State ForestState Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 1,723 | Open |
| Carl Barton ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 176 | Open |
| The Lone Star Convention & Expo CenterLocal Other or Unknown | County | 87 | Access unknown |
| Gene Campbell Sports ParkLocal Recreation Area | County | 65 | Open |
| Stewarts Creek PreservePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 57 | Open |
| John Burge ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 35 | Open |
| Montgomery ParkPrivate Park | Not recorded | 30 | Open |
| Candy Cane ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| County ParkLocal Park | County | 20 | Open |
| Lake Conroe ParkLocal Park | County | 20 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 20 places
ConroePlaque · 1966
Conroe Community CemeteryPlaque · 2023
Conroe Fire of 1911Plaque · 2013
Conroe Telephone ExchangePlaque · 2000
Former Homesite of Joseph L. BennettPlaque · 1995
Lake Conroe Dam and ReservoirPlaque · 2024
Montgomery County CourthousesPlaque · 2013
The Isaac Conroe PropertyPlaque · 1981
The W. A. "Bay" Evans HomePlaque · 1984
West Fork of The San Jacinto RiverPlaque · 1975
Nearby
Conroe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conroe | 4.9% | 55.5 mi | 32 |
| The Woodlands | 12.4% | 146.1 mi | 90 |
| Willis | 1.4% | 0.6 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Conroe'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 50.7-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.