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Trinity River Floodway
Park
2,918 acres36.9 mi of trail
Trinity Levee TrailTrinity River Levee
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dallas
Dallas, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.2% of Dallas is conserved land, roughly 19,996 acres. There are about 242 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Trinity River Floodway (36.9 mi), Oak Cliff Nature Preserve (8.7 mi), and Cedar Ridge Preserve (7.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dallas, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dallas outdoors
Conserved land
8.2%
19,996 of 244,499 acres
Trails
242 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 126 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
276
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
273.3 mi
40.7 mi lanes · 184.6 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
Oak Cliff Nature Preserve
Park
144 acres8.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cedar Ridge Preserve
Managed by Dallas Audubon Society (owned by Dallas County)
669 acres7.1 mi of trail
Cedar Brake TrailEscarpment TrailBluebonnet TrailCattail Pond TrailFossil Valley Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
L.B. Houston Nature Area
Park
333 acres6.1 mi of trail
L.B. Houston Nature TrailsConnection to California Crossing
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo California Crossing Trailhead
5
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Park
65 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Elm Fork Greenbelt
Park
221 acres4 mi of trail
Trinity Levee Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
7
Kiest Park
Park
255 acres3.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Norbuck Park
Park
97 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- White Rock Lake Park1,823 ac · 3 mi trail · Directions
- Harry Moss Park214 ac · 2.6 mi trail · Directions
- Trinity River Audubon Center167 ac · 2.5 mi trail · Directions
- Great Trinity Forest Gateway and Horse Trail291 ac · 2 mi trail · Directions
- Samuell Grand Park126 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Flag Pole Hill Park101 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
- Bachman Lake Park124 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Texas State Fair Grounds164 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- McCommas Bluff Preserve119 ac · 0.9 mi trail
- Fireside Park45 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Alta Mesa Park160 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Sam Houston Trail Park38 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Reverchon Park38 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Highland Hills Park23 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Twelve Hills Nature Center9 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Samuell Beaumont Park18 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Martin Weiss Park14 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Twin Falls Park9 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Halperin Park5 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Boulder Park137 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- North Hampton Park34 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Kidd Spring Park29 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Pleasant Oaks Park18 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Turtle Creek Park16 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Friendship Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Netherland Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Lakeland Hills Park7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Elm Fork Gun Club216 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Lawnview Park45 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Sugarberry Park29 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Churchill Park20 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Willis C. Winters Park14 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Cedardale Park9 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Mountain View Park9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Cole Park9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Tietze Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Arlington Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Klyde Warren Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Deer Path Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Seaton Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Peña Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hillcrest Village Green2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Camp Wisdom324 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Fair Oaks Park288 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Olive Shapiro Park216 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Glendale Park77 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- SoPac Trail Corridor70 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Highlands Park50 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Santa Fe Trail Corridor45 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lake Cliff Park43 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pemberton Hill Park41 ac · 0.1 mi trail
Who protects the land
19,996 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 638 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 797 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes40.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths184.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes47.9 mi
- The Loop (bike route)1.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis602
- Soccer225
- Basketball207
- Baseball193
- Golf165
- Pickleball52
- Football51
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Dallas and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 8.2% | 241.9 mi | 276 |
| Rowlett | 8.1% | 11.9 mi | 16 |
| Garland | 9.1% | 22.1 mi | 55 |
| Rockwall | 4.2% | 9.8 mi | 19 |
| Irving | 5.2% | 32.5 mi | 58 |
| Cedar Hill | 16.4% | 28.0 mi | 20 |
| Grand Prairie | 21.7% | 24.4 mi | 34 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dallas'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 95.5-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.