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Knik Public Use Area
Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
5,554 acres3.5 mi of trail
Knik Glacier Trail (RST 17)Rippy TrailOld Knik River Bridge
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Butte
Butte, AK parks, trails & bike paths
About 36% of Butte is conserved land, roughly 8,044 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Knik Public Use Area (3.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Butte, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Butte outdoors
Conserved land
36%
8,044 of 22,091 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
1,969 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.1 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 5.6 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.
Who protects the land
8,044 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,362 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 6 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Butte and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte | 36.4% | 18.4 mi | 1 |
| Lazy Mountain | 50.6% | 23.1 mi | 1 |
| Knik River | 65.5% | 61.9 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Butte'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 27.4-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.