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Vanston Park
Park
19 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Mesquite
Mesquite, TX parks, trails & bike paths
About 6% of Mesquite is conserved land, roughly 1,886 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Vanston Park (0.9 mi), Paschall Park (0.5 mi), and Florence Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mesquite, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mesquite outdoors
Conserved land
6%
1,886 of 31,402 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
51
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
25.2 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 24.7 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
Paschall Park
Park
51 acres0.5 mi of trail
Paschall Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Florence Park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Beasley Park
Park
21 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
McWhorter Park
Park
18 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Pirrung School Park
Park
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 51 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 51 parks & preserves
Vanston Park19 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Paschall Park51 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Florence Park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Beasley Park21 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
McWhorter Park18 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Pirrung School Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Rorie Galloway Day Camp37 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
West Lake Park33 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Clay Mathis Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Shands Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
1,886 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 78 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 21 of 190 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths24.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis61
- Baseball34
- Soccer31
- Basketball19
- Football13
- Softball6
- Multi-sport5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Mesquite and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesquite | 6% | 19.5 mi | 51 |
| Dallas | 8.2% | 241.9 mi | 276 |
| Balch Springs | 6% | 1.2 mi | 7 |
| Garland | 9.1% | 22.1 mi | 55 |
| Sunnyvale | 2.1% | 7.1 mi | 8 |
| Seagoville | 2.2% | 1.5 mi | 4 |
| Heartland | 0% | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mesquite'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 45.3-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.