1
Northland Arboretum
Nature preserve
280 acres8.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Baxter
Baxter, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.2% of Baxter is conserved land, roughly 563 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Northland Arboretum (8.7 mi) and Oscar Kristofferson Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Baxter, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Baxter outdoors
Conserved land
4.2%
563 of 13,411 acres
Trails
20 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
63 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
26.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 26.8 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
Oscar Kristofferson Park
Park
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Whipple Beach Recreational Area
Managed by City of Baxter MN
108 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Crow Wing State Park
Nature preserve
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
563 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 64 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 13 parcels. 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 paths26.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer13
- Tennis12
- Baseball11
- Beach volleyball2
- Basketball2
- Pickleball1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Baxter and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | 4.2% | 20.2 mi | 5 |
| Crow Wing | 17.6% | 12.4 mi | 2 |
| Brainerd | 6.1% | 6.0 mi | 10 |
| Fort Ripley | 35% | 17.1 mi | 2 |
| Sylvan | 9% | 3.7 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Baxter'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.