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Cannon River Wilderness Park
Nature preserve
653 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bridgewater
Bridgewater, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.6% of Bridgewater is conserved land, roughly 359 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cannon River Wilderness Park (4.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bridgewater, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bridgewater outdoors
Conserved land
1.6%
359 of 22,837 acres
Trails
10 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
190 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.1 mi lanes · 1.4 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
Roosevelt Ridge Park West
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Bridgewater
Unnamed campground in Cannon River Wilderness Park
Unnamed campground in Cannon River Wilderness Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 3.5 miUnpaved 5.9 mi
- Prairie Loop1.1 mi
- Heath Creek Trail0.6 mi
- Big Pond Loop0.6 mi
- Windmill Trail0.5 mi
- Big Woods Trail0.4 mi
- Conifer Trail0.2 mi
- Forest Restoration Loop 20.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Big PondDragonfly PondDuckweed PondpondEast Coyote PondpondSoccer PondpondWest Coyote PondpondWoodland PondpondCannon RiverWolf Creek
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
359 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 342 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
- Equestrian2
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Bridgewater
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 342 acState Conservation Area 17 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Brook State Aquatic Management Area (Rice)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 17 | Restricted |
| Cannon River State Aquatic Management Area (Rice)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1 | Restricted |
Nearby
Bridgewater and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | 1.6% | 10.2 mi | 2 |
| Northfield | 13.9% | 24.7 mi | 40 |
| Dundas | 4.7% | 1.9 mi | 5 |
| Forest | 3.6% | 0.8 mi | 5 |
| Northfield | 0.4% | 1.1 mi | 1 |
| Greenvale | 15.2% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
| Cannon City | 2.1% | 2.7 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bridgewater'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 20.8-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.