1
Doe Branch Park
Park
137 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Little Elm
Little Elm, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 44% of Little Elm is conserved land, roughly 6,365 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Doe Branch Park (1.9 mi) and Sunset Pointe Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Little Elm, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Little Elm outdoors
Conserved land
44%
6,365 of 14,427 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
116 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.4 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 21.3 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
Sunset Pointe Park
Park
22 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Little Elm Park
Park
154 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
McCord Park
Park
69 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
- Eldorado Playground2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Central Park22 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Beard Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Narrow Lake Park31 ac
- Cottonwood Park19 ac · Directions
- Lake Providence Park4 ac
- Union Park Fitness Park4 ac
- Wood Family Dog Park3 ac · Directions
- Hidden Cove Park2 ac
Who protects the land
6,365 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 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 lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths21.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis16
- Baseball9
- Basketball8
- Beach volleyball6
- Football6
- Tracks6
- Soccer5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Little Elm and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Elm | 44.1% | 15.1 mi | 13 |
| The Colony | 37.6% | 39.1 mi | 24 |
| Providence Village | 1.9% | 1.1 mi | 5 |
| Frisco | 5% | 97.4 mi | 58 |
| Savannah | 1.3% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Oak Point | 14.1% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
| Aubrey | 0.1% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Little Elm'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 21-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.