1
Keneteso Park
Park
76 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Gainesville
Gainesville, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.3% of Gainesville is conserved land, roughly 162 acres. Gainesville has 9 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gainesville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gainesville outdoors
Conserved land
1.3%
162 of 12,318 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
9
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.5 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
Leonard Park
Park
59 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Jaycee Park
Park
28 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Edison Park
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
Leonard Park59 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Keneteso Park76 acres
Jaycee Park28 acres
Edison Park22 acres
Moffett Park6 acres
Depot Park2 acres
Medal of Honor Park1 acres
Tom Thumb Park1 acres
Farmers Market1 acres
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 Gainesville
Gainesville City Swimming PoolIn Leonard Park
Who protects the land
162 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball15
- Tennis14
- Football2
- Basketball2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Gainesville
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 161 acLocal Park 161 acLocal Recreation Area 1 ac
Showing 1–10 of 12 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keneteso ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 62 | Open |
| Leonard Park & Frank Buck ZooLocal Park | Town or city | 48 | Open |
| Edison ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 22 | Open |
| Moffett ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Home Grown Hero Walking TrailLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Jaycee ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Heritage Park NorthLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| BP Douglas ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Pecan Creek ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
| Forsythe Transportation Skate ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 38 places
American Paint Horse AssociationPlaque · 2013
Bailey, Joseph WeldonPlaque · 1994
Barbed Wire in Cooke County Historical MarkerPlaque · 1986
Booker T. Washington SchoolPlaque · 1986
Butterfield Overland Stage LinePlaque · 1936
City Hall-Fire Station, OldPlaque · 1968
Clark, Randolph Lee (1871-1941)Plaque · 1986
Cooke CountyPlaque · 1936
Cooke County Courthouse Historical MarkerPlaque · 1988
Cooke County Free LibraryPlaque · 2001
Nearby
Gainesville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | 1.3% | 0.8 mi | 9 |
| Lindsay | 1.1% | 0.8 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gainesville'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 27.1-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.