Outdoors · Big Delta

Big Delta, AK parks, trails & bike paths

About 71% of Big Delta is conserved land, roughly 23,994 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Tanana Valley State Forest (0.7 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Big Delta, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Big Delta outdoors

Conserved land
71%
23,994 of 33,994 acres
Trails
29 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 23 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

123
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

Tanana Valley State Forest

Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
836 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Quartz Lake Recreation Area

Managed by State of Alaska, Department of Fish & Game
215 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Big Delta State Historical Park

Park
16 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

23,994 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
23,994 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 5 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Big Delta and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Big Delta70.6%28.8 mi3
Deltana91.1%81.0 mi2
Whitestone42.1%15.4 mi0
Delta Junction49.5%7.9 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Big Delta'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 33.7-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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