Parks, trails & the outdoors in Carroll
About 3% of Carroll is conserved land, roughly 115 acres. There are about 3.4 miles of mapped trails.
What kind of outdoors town is Carroll?
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Graham Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Veterans Memorial Park
Northeast Park
All 9 parks & preserves
6.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
4 places to go in Carroll
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
115 conserved acres
Who manages Carroll’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Youth Sports Complex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Sauk Rail Trail Local Park | County | 18 | Open |
| Graham Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Rolling Hills Park Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Northeast Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Veterans Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Northwest Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Maple Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Southside Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Minchen Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
1 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
1 old cemetery
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Carroll neighbors.
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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 20-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.