Outdoors · Coon Rapids

Coon Rapids, IA parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.6% of Coon Rapids is conserved land, roughly 53 acres. There are about 1.0 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Coon Rapids outdoors

Conserved land
4.6%
53 of 1,133 acres
Trails
1.0 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
36 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.2 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

Riverside Park

Park
54 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Whiterock Conservancy

Nature preserve
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Playgrounds in Coon Rapids
Unnamed playground
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

53 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
32 ac
County
20 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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 paths2.2 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball4
  • Baseball3
  • Tennis1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Coon Rapids

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 32 acLocal Park 20 acConservation Easement 1 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
White Rock ConservancyPrivate ConservationLand trusts & nonprofits32Open
Riverside ParkLocal ParkCounty20Open
History

Historic places to visit

Shawn Muhr MemorialMilitary memorial
Coon Rapids CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Coon Rapids'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 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.

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