1
South Edgewater Park
Park
20 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Albert Lea
Albert Lea, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.6% of Albert Lea is conserved land, roughly 348 acres. There are about 6.7 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Albert Lea, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Albert Lea outdoors
Conserved land
3.6%
348 of 9,633 acres
Trails
6.7 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.4 mi
2.4 mi lanes · 4.1 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.
2
Shoff Park
Park
21 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Brookside Park
Park
15 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Bancroft Bay Park
Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 26 parks & preserves
- Central Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Southwest Park24 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Eberhart Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Fountain Lake Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- New Denmark Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Wedgewood Park12 ac · Directions
- Hayek Park9 ac · Directions
- Edina Memorial Park6 ac
- Troy Hammer Park5 ac
- Academy Park5 ac · Directions
- Morin Park4 ac · Directions
- Frank Hall Park3 ac · Directions
- Shoreland Heights Park3 ac
- Bellview Park2 ac
- Valley Park2 ac
- Pioneer Park2 ac
- St Nicholas County Park1 ac
- Shorewood Hills Park1 ac
- Eastgate Park1 ac
- Frank Hall Park Playground1 ac · Directions
- Park Ave Park1 ac
- Hawthorne Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
348 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Softball16
- Tennis14
- Pickleball12
- Basketball10
- Baseball5
- Soccer4
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Albert Lea and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Lea | 3.6% | 6.7 mi | 26 |
| Albert Lea | 10.3% | 13.5 mi | 5 |
| Bancroft | 0.8% | 0.5 mi | 1 |
| Pickerel Lake | 3.6% | 0.9 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Albert Lea'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 20.5-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.