Outdoors · Round Rock

Round Rock, TX parks, trails & bike paths

About 9.1% of Round Rock is conserved land, roughly 2,254 acres. There are about 45 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Old Settlers Park (10.6 mi), Meadow Lake Park (0.8 mi), and Woodglen Amenity Center (0.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Round Rock outdoors

Conserved land
9.1%
2,254 of 24,877 acres
Trails
45 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
40
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.9 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 5.5 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

Old Settlers Park

Managed by City of Round Rock
508 acres10.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Meadow Lake Park

Park
122 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Woodglen Amenity Center

Park
32 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Lake Creek Park

Park
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
5

Round Rock West Park

Park
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
6

Kensington Greenbelt

Park
14 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7

Rock Hollow Park

Park
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8

Lake Forest Park

Park
23 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 40 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 40 parks & preserves
Old Settlers Park508 acres · 10.6 mi of trail · City of Round Rock
Meadow Lake Park122 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Woodglen Amenity Center32 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Lake Creek Park19 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Round Rock West Park16 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Kensington Greenbelt14 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Rock Hollow Park13 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Lake Forest Park23 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
High Country Park10 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Bradford Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Round Rock
Basketball Pool
Directions
Buckaroo PondIn Old Settlers Park
Directions
Lake Creek PoolIn Lake Creek Park
Directions
Micki Krebsbach Pool
Directions
Pool
Directions
Savannah Springs
Directions
The QuarryIn Old Settlers Park
Directions
Watering HoleIn Old Settlers Park
Directions
Who protects the land

2,254 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
2,755 ac
Joint
490 ac
Private owners
348 ac
Regional agency
30 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
19 ac
County
9 ac
Not recorded
184 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 665 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 264 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
  • Off-road bike paths5.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis65
  • Baseball37
  • Basketball36
  • Soccer32
  • Softball13
  • Tracks13
  • Beach volleyball9

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Round Rock

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 1,867 acLocal Park 1,225 acOther Easement 296 acLocal Conservation Area 115 acLocal Other or Unknown 104 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Old Settlers ParkLocal ParkTown or city513Open
Meadow Lake ParkLocal ParkTown or city77Open
Brushy Creek Greenbelt - Kenney Fort Blvd To Red Bud LnLocal ParkTown or city68Open
Open SpaceLocal Conservation AreaTown or city40Open
Lake Creek ParkLocal ParkTown or city36Open
Luther Peterson GreenbeltLocal Other or UnknownNot recorded34Open
Legends Village ParkLocal ParkTown or city34Open
Drinkards LandingLocal ParkTown or city32Open
Stone Oak Open SpaceLocal Conservation AreaPrivate owners26Open
Kenney Fort GreenbeltLocal ParkTown or city26Open
History

Historic places to visit

Showing 1–10 of 36 places
1/2 Mile to the Site of Kenney's FortPlaque · 1936
A. J. and Carolina Anderson HousePlaque · 2001
Andrew J. Palm HousePlaque · 1978
Anti-Slaveholding Union Baptist CemeteryPlaque · 1986
Barker HousePlaque · 1998
Bratton CemeteryPlaque · 1985
Cabin from Gabriel Mills AreaPlaque · 1976
Early Commercial BuildingPlaque · 1970
Education in Round RockPlaque · 1981
Garden of the Saints ColumbariumTomb
Nearby

Round Rock and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Round Rock9.1%44.8 mi40
Brushy Creek8.4%7.3 mi16
Pflugerville7.4%18.1 mi34
Georgetown18.1%120.0 mi54
Austin18.3%532.8 mi356
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Round Rock'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 32.6-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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