Living a healthy lifestyle in Richardson is easy thanks to the City’s investment in its many parks and trails. There are 87 miles of trails and walkways across Richardson, including 6 miles of soft surface trails. Richardson continues to make improvements to existing trails and has plans for future growth.
One such improvement is the installation of trail markers at both the Spring Creek Nature Area and Breckinridge Park. These markers indicate where emergency calls for assistance can be made if a trail user runs into trouble in those parks. The markers are located where the possibility of being in a remote area of the park is high. The City coordinated with local police and fire departments to make the project happen.
The All-Trails Map marks the existing multi-use trails with solid lines, which are 8-12 feet wide trails that can accommodate pedestrians, rollerblades and bicycles but are not always suited for fast bicycling.
The proposed multi-use trails, shown as dashed lines, will also be 8-12 feet wide paths suitable for both pedestrian and bike traffic. The bikeways (in lines of yellow circles) are routes through the City that indicate preferred routes through the community via bicycle based on scenic and safety value. Bicycles on bikeways are on the street as legal vehicles subject to all public safety regulations.
For a full view of the many amenities the Parks and Recreation Department offers its citizens, visit https:/cor.net/departments/parksrecreation/parks-trails.
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