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Anoka Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
209 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Anoka
Anoka, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.4% of Anoka is conserved land, roughly 430 acres. There are about 7.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Anoka Nature Preserve (3.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Anoka, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Anoka outdoors
Conserved land
9.4%
430 of 4,562 acres
Trails
7.1 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
24 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.2 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 17.1 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
Mississippi River Park / King's Island
Park
87 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sunny Acres Park
Managed by City of Anoka
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
John Ward Park
Park
13 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Anoka Nature Preserve209 acres · 3.4 mi of trail
John Ward Park13 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Akin Riverside Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Mississippi River Park / King's Island87 acres
Sunny Acres Park25 acres · City of Anoka
Rum River South County Park10 acres
George Green Park8 acres
Bonnell Fields7 acres
Rick Sorenson Park7 acres
Peninsula Point Two Rivers Historical Park6 acres
Who protects the land
430 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths17.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball25
- Tennis23
- Pickleball11
- Basketball7
- Soccer4
- Football3
- Beach volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Anoka and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka | 9.4% | 7.1 mi | 12 |
| Ramsey | 6.2% | 11.4 mi | 24 |
| Coon Rapids | 6.3% | 15.0 mi | 41 |
| Andover | 6.3% | 12.1 mi | 29 |
| Champlin | 20.2% | 19.6 mi | 23 |
| Dayton | 20.4% | 21.8 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Anoka'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.