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Afton State Park
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
819 acres12 mi of trail
Bobolink LoopPrairie LoopTrout Brook LoopOliver Charley TrailCampground Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Afton
Afton, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.5% of Afton is conserved land, roughly 1,265 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Afton State Park (12 mi), Stagecoach Prairie (5.7 mi), and Belwin Conservancy (4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Afton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Afton outdoors
Conserved land
7.5%
1,265 of 16,837 acres
Trails
23 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
428 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.4 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.
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Stagecoach Prairie
Nature preserve
290 acres5.7 mi of trail
Butterfly TrailBluebird TrailBur Oak TrailBig Bluestem TrailConeflower Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Belwin Conservancy
Managed by Belwin Conservancy
1,393 acres4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
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Oxbow Trails
Nature preserve
44 acres0.9 mi of trail
Creekside TrailOak Ridge TrailWhite Pine Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
Afton State Park819 acres · 12 mi of trail · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Stagecoach Prairie290 acres · 5.7 mi of trail
Belwin Conservancy1,393 acres · 4 mi of trail · Belwin Conservancy
Oxbow Trails44 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Bison Prairie171 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Steamboat Park33 acres
Meadow Ridge Park11 acres
Carver Park3 acres
Town Square Park2 acres
Who protects the land
1,265 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis3
- Equestrian2
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Afton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afton | 7.5% | 23.1 mi | 9 |
| St. Marys Point | 2.3% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Troy | 2.4% | 8.0 mi | 4 |
| Lake St. Croix Beach | 0.7% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| West Lakeland | 5.7% | 3.2 mi | 3 |
| Denmark | 5.8% | 22.0 mi | 5 |
| Woodbury | 12.9% | 9.7 mi | 58 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Afton'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.