Outdoors · Tonsina

Tonsina, AK parks, trails & bike paths

About 45% of Tonsina is conserved land, roughly 45,725 acres. There are about 8.5 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Tonsina outdoors

Conserved land
45%
45,725 of 100,811 acres
Trails
8.5 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
named on the map
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.6 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.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Campgrounds in Tonsina
Squirrel Creek State Recreational SiteFee · Tonsina Lodge
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 0.8 mi
  • Bernard Creek Trail7.7 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

45,725 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
35,038 ac
Bureau of Land Management
11,888 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 2 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 paths0.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Tonsina

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Other or Unknown 35,038 acNational Public Lands 11,888 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
State PatentedState Other or UnknownState natural resources35,038Access unknown
Glennallen Field OfficeNational Public LandsBureau of Land Management11,888Open
Nearby

Tonsina and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Tonsina45.4%8.5 mi0
Kenny Lake25.8%1.4 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Tonsina'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 59.1-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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