Outdoors · Hereford

Hereford, TX parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.5% of Hereford is conserved land, roughly 182 acres. There are about 1.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dameron Park (0.6 mi) and Aquatic Center Park (0.5 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hereford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Hereford outdoors

Conserved land
4.5%
182 of 4,031 acres
Trails
1.1 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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.
1

Dameron Park

Park
13 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Aquatic Center Park

Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Veterans Park

Park
92 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

North Park

Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

182 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
249 ac
County
2 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 111 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis8
  • Football4
  • Baseball3
  • Soccer2

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Hereford

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 165 acLocal Park 55 acLocal Recreation Area 15 acRecreation or Education Easement 15 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Veterans ParkLocal ParkTown or city20Open
Aquatic Center ParkLocal Recreation AreaTown or city15Open
Dameron ParkLocal ParkTown or city12Open
Jaycee ParkLocal ParkTown or city9Open
Langley ParkLocal ParkTown or city9Open
County ParkLocal ParkCounty1Open
Central ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
Ironwood ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
Mothers ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Showing 1–10 of 14 places
Deaf Smith CountyPlaque · 1936
Deaf Smith Courthouse, 1910Plaque · 1965
Former Site of Saint Anthony's Catholic SchoolPlaque · 1992
Ghost Towns of Deaf Smith CountyPlaque · 1969
Hereford Christian CollegePlaque · 1966
Hereford High SchoolPlaque · 2009
Mothers ParkIn Mothers Park · Plaque · 1970
Pioneer WindmillPlaque · 1970
The E. B. Black ResidencePlaque · 1978
The Thompson HousePlaque · 1979
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Hereford'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 20-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.

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