1
Northland Arboretum
Nature preserve
214 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Brainerd
Brainerd, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.1% of Brainerd is conserved land, roughly 497 acres. There are about 6.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Northland Arboretum (1.9 mi), Gregory Park (0.7 mi), and Kiwanis Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brainerd, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brainerd outdoors
Conserved land
6.1%
497 of 8,149 acres
Trails
6.0 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
34 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.6 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 12.1 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
Gregory Park
Managed by City of Brainerd
14 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Kiwanis Park
Managed by City of Brainerd
32 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Buffalo Hills Park
Managed by City of Brainerd
40 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Northland Arboretum214 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Gregory Park14 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · City of Brainerd
Kiwanis Park32 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · City of Brainerd
Buffalo Hills Park40 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Brainerd
Lum Park35 acres
Bane Park10 acres · City of Brainerd
Mill Ave Park9 acres
Jaycees Park8 acres
Gustafson Park1 acres
Triangle Park1 acres · City of Brainerd
Who protects the land
497 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 13 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball17
- Tennis14
- Soccer6
- Football4
- Basketball2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Brainerd and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brainerd'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.