Gulkana Wild and Scenic River
Managed by operator=Bureau of Land Management
8,186 acres1.8 mi of trail
Swede Lake TrailHungry Hollow
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors in Paxson
85% of Paxson is wild, conserved land
There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gulkana Wild and Scenic River (1.8 mi).
Conserved land
85%
172,076 of 202,108 acres
Trails
24 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 23 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Highest peak
5,338 ft
Sugarloaf Mountain
Lakes & rivers
19
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Paxson?
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★ What stands out · The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Things to do
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Boat launches in Paxson
Scenic views in Paxson
Peaks in Paxson
Campgrounds in Paxson
Trails & water
4 named trails and 19 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 10.6 miUnpaved · 18.5 mi
Swede Lake Trail10.6 mi
Hungry Hollow1.4 mi
Swede Mountain Trail0.7 mi
Rusty Lake Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Gulkana Wild and Scenic River, with 1.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Delta Wild and Scenic River
Managed by Bureau of Land Management
6,403 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
172,076 conserved acres
Who manages Paxson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Bureau of Land Management110,119 ac
State natural resources65,871 ac
National Public Lands · 110,119 acState Other or Unknown · 65,871 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glennallen Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 110,119 | Open |
| State Tentatively Approved (tad) State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 64,451 | Unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 1,421 | Unknown |
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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 69.3-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.