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Erwin Park
Managed by City of McKinney
208 acres8.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · McKinney
McKinney, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.5% of McKinney is conserved land, roughly 2,871 acres. There are about 59 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Erwin Park (8.2 mi), Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (3.3 mi), and Finch Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in McKinney, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
McKinney outdoors
Conserved land
6.5%
2,871 of 44,222 acres
Trails
59 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
78
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
70.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 66.2 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
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
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature preserve
276 acres3.3 mi of trail
Sycamore TrailCedar Brake LoopWood Duck TrailHoot Owl TrailLaughlin Loop
Dog rules not recorded
3
Finch Park
Park
30 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Gabe Nesbitt Community Park
Park
161 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
The Crape Myrtle Trails of McKinney
Park
8 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
6
Inspiration Park
Park
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Wilson Creek Nature Trail
Park
43 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Robinson Ridge Park
Park
15 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 78 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 78 parks & preserves
Erwin Park208 acres · 8.2 mi of trail · City of McKinney
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary276 acres · 3.3 mi of trail
Finch Park30 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Gabe Nesbitt Community Park161 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
The Crape Myrtle Trails of McKinney8 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Inspiration Park9 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Wilson Creek Nature Trail43 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Robinson Ridge Park15 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Carey Cox Memorial Park11 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Bonnie Wenk Park121 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Who protects the land
2,871 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 283 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 18 of 148 parcels. 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 paths66.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis94
- Baseball31
- Soccer24
- Basketball21
- Football9
- Beach volleyball7
- Softball5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
McKinney and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about McKinney'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 41.3-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.