Outdoors · Jacksboro

Jacksboro, TX parks, trails & bike paths

About 14% of Jacksboro is conserved land, roughly 733 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway (8 mi).

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

At a glance

Jacksboro outdoors

Conserved land
14%
733 of 5,156 acres
Trails
10 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
169 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.2 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.
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Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway

Managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
657 acres8 mi of trail
Lost Creek Reservoir State TrailwayKicking Bird Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Jacksboro
College Hill
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 6.8 miHorses 6.8 miUnpaved 6.8 mi
  • Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway6.8 mi
  • Kicking Bird Trail0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

733 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks
1,298 ac
Town or city
162 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 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 paths0.2 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball7
  • Tennis4
  • Football1
  • Volleyball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Jacksboro

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 649 acConservation Easement 502 acRecreation or Education Easement 228 acLocal Park 81 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Fort Richardson State Park & Historic SiteState ParkState parks421Open
Lost Creek Reservoir State TrailwayState ParkState parks228Open
Twin Lakes Community ParkLocal ParkTown or city75Open
Sewell ParkLocal ParkTown or city5Open
Pine Street ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Showing 1–10 of 20 places
Birthplace of Texas 4-H ClubsPlaque · 1968
Butterfield Stage LinePlaque · 1936
First Baptist Church of JacksboroPlaque · 1976
First National BankPlaque · 1969
Former Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad DepotPlaque · 1968
Fort RichardsonIn Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway · Plaque · 1936
Fort RichardsonPlaque · 1936
Fort Richardson Cavalry Post Hospital, 1867In Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway · Plaque · 1965
Fort Richardson HotelPlaque · 1967
G. D. CrossIn Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway · Plaque · 1969
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Jacksboro'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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