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Palmer Lake Park
Park
239 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Brooklyn Center
Brooklyn Center, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.4% of Brooklyn Center is conserved land, roughly 288 acres. There are about 2.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Palmer Lake Park (0.5 mi) and Northport Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brooklyn Center, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brooklyn Center outdoors
Conserved land
5.4%
288 of 5,329 acres
Trails
2.2 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
28.7 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 27.2 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
Northport Park
Park
21 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Centennial Park
Park
90 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
MAC Wildlife Area
Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Kylawn Park & Arboretum Parking
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Palmer Lake Park239 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Northport Park21 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Centennial Park90 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
MAC Wildlife Area20 acres
North Mississippi Park20 acres
Evergreen Park18 acres
Kylawn Park18 acres
Willow Lane Park11 acres
Lions Park9 acres
Orchard Lane Park7 acres
Who protects the land
288 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths27.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball31
- Basketball20
- Tennis17
- Pickleball8
- Soccer3
- Football1
- Hockey rinks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Brooklyn Center and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Center | 5.4% | 2.2 mi | 18 |
| Brooklyn Park | 10.4% | 14.6 mi | 47 |
| Crystal | 7.7% | 4.0 mi | 25 |
| Fridley | 8.5% | 7.5 mi | 35 |
| Robbinsdale | 9.5% | 1.3 mi | 20 |
| Minneapolis | 10.5% | 83.6 mi | 186 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brooklyn Center'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.