1
Saltwater State Park
Managed by Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
132 acres2.1 mi of trail
South Rim TrailNorth Rim TrailInterpretive Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Des Moines
Des Moines, WA parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Des Moines is conserved land, roughly 490 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Saltwater State Park (2.1 mi) and Steven J. Underwood Memorial Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Des Moines, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Des Moines outdoors
Conserved land
10%
490 of 4,703 acres
Trails
12 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.7 mi
9.0 mi lanes · 1.6 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
Steven J. Underwood Memorial Park
Park
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wooton Park
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Field House Park
Park
5 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Saltwater State Park132 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Steven J. Underwood Memorial Park16 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Wooton Park2 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Parkside Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
City Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Midway Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Field House Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Des Moines Beach Park4 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Sonju Park5 acres
Water Tower Park1 acres
Who protects the land
490 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes9.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Basketball13
- Baseball12
- Soccer6
- Pickleball3
- Beach volleyball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Des Moines and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines | 10.4% | 12.1 mi | 13 |
| Federal Way | 7% | 29.6 mi | 38 |
| Kent | 6.9% | 39.1 mi | 64 |
| SeaTac | 5.2% | 26.9 mi | 10 |
| Normandy Park | 4.6% | 4.9 mi | 8 |
| Burien | 4.6% | 11.1 mi | 21 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Des Moines'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.