1
Hyland Lake Park Reserve
Managed by Three Rivers Park District
1,047 acres13.2 mi of trail
Lake TrailNorth TrailHill TrailOak TrailPrairie Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bloomington
Bloomington, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Bloomington is conserved land, roughly 5,112 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hyland Lake Park Reserve (13.2 mi), Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (6.1 mi), and River Valley Park (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bloomington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bloomington outdoors
Conserved land
21%
5,112 of 24,403 acres
Trails
46 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 35 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
73
58 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
117.8 mi
44.5 mi lanes · 72.6 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
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
2,678 acres6.1 mi of trail
Bloomington Ferry TrailHillside TrailMinnesota River Bottoms Singletrack TrailSpur Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
River Valley Park
Park
159 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bush Lake Park
Managed by Three Rivers Park District
304 acres2.1 mi of trail
Bush Lake Walking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Tierney's Woods
Managed by Three Rivers Park District
149 acres1.9 mi of trail
Cherrywood trailBirch trailHIgh water bypass
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
6
Marsh Lake Park
Park
479 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Central Park
Park
66 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Dred Scott Playfield
Park
47 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Orange Parking
All 73 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 73 parks & preserves
Hyland Lake Park Reserve1,047 acres · 13.2 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge2,678 acres · 6.1 mi of trail
River Valley Park159 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Bush Lake Park304 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Tierney's Woods149 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Marsh Lake Park479 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Central Park66 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Dred Scott Playfield47 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Bill Warren Park65 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · City of Bloomington
Lake Girard Park64 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Who protects the land
5,112 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes44.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths72.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
- Minnesota River Bottoms (bike route)1.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball96
- Tennis89
- Basketball54
- Pickleball33
- Soccer16
- Beach volleyball6
- Volleyball6
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bloomington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | 20.9% | 46.3 mi | 73 |
| Savage | 17.7% | 13.2 mi | 22 |
| Burnsville | 11.4% | 21.2 mi | 54 |
| Eagan | 20.2% | 46.9 mi | 58 |
| Edina | 11.7% | 26.8 mi | 47 |
| Eden Prairie | 16% | 37.3 mi | 34 |
| Richfield | 10.6% | 7.9 mi | 23 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bloomington'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 23.5-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.