Outdoors · Goldstream

Goldstream, AK parks, trails & bike paths

About 63% of Goldstream is conserved land, roughly 34,169 acres. There are about 141 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Goldstream Public Use Area (14.7 mi) and Tanana Valley State Forest (1.3 mi).

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

At a glance

Goldstream outdoors

Conserved land
63%
34,169 of 54,494 acres
Trails
141 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 55 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
10,373 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.3 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

Goldstream Public Use Area

Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
2,113 acres14.7 mi of trail
Winter TrailWinter Goldstream Trail NetworkGold Stream Winter TrailGoldstream Winter Cycling Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Tanana Valley State Forest

Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
3,175 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Goldstream
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 3.2 miUnpaved 14.8 mi
Showing 1–10 of 14 trails
  • Winter Trail11.3 mi
  • Winter Trail to Ivory Jack's6.1 mi
  • O'Connor Creek Trail4.8 mi
  • OMD ridge Winter Trail3.5 mi
  • OMD Trail Network3.4 mi
  • Cranberry Trail2.5 mi
  • Goldstream Winter Cycling Trail2.5 mi
  • Dunbar Winter Trail2.5 mi
  • Dunbar Trail to Goldstream Trail Network (Winter)2.1 mi
  • Winter Goldstream Trail Network1.5 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

34,169 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
34,159 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
43 ac
County
9 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 7 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 paths4.3 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Equestrian4
  • Baseball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Goldstream

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Other or Unknown 30,923 acState Resource Management Area 3,165 acState Recreation Area 71 acUnknown Easement 43 acLocal Park 9 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
State Land Disposals - Municipal PurposesState Other or UnknownState natural resources19,363Access unknown
State Land Disposals - Other Than MunicipalState Other or UnknownState natural resources6,594Access unknown
State PatentedState Other or UnknownState natural resources4,966Access unknown
Tanana Valley State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources3,165Open
Goldstream Public Use AreaState Recreation AreaState natural resources71Open
Goldstream Valley Lions ParkLocal ParkCounty9Open
Nearby

Goldstream and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Goldstream62.7%141.0 mi2
Farmers Loop19.2%51.3 mi2
Ester56.4%132.8 mi0
College3.1%98.0 mi6
Fox26.4%10.7 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Goldstream'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 47.4-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.

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