1
Mississippi Gateway Regional Park
Park
280 acres4.6 mi of trail
Rush Creek Regional Trail FootpathEdward D. Shimek Nature TrailTreetop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Brooklyn Park
Brooklyn Park, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Brooklyn Park is conserved land, roughly 1,746 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mississippi Gateway Regional Park (4.6 mi), Rush Creek Regional Trail (1.6 mi), and Oak Grove Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brooklyn Park, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brooklyn Park outdoors
Conserved land
10%
1,746 of 16,870 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
47
21 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
95.7 mi
7.7 mi lanes · 87.8 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
Rush Creek Regional Trail
Park
96 acres1.6 mi of trail
Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Oak Grove Park
Park
84 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Northwoods Park
Park
54 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Southbrook Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Northern Trail Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Rush Creek Regional Trail Footpath
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 47 parks & preserves
- Brookdale Park164 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Central Park71 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Birch Grove Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Hamilton Park17 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Brook Oaks Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Orchard Trail Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lakeland Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- College Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pinebrook Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sunny Acres Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Palmer Lake Park91 ac
- Islands of Peace County Park59 ac
- River Park58 ac · Directions
- Noble Sports Park52 ac · Directions
- Zane Sports Park36 ac · Directions
- Greenhaven Park31 ac · Directions
- Bass Creek Park26 ac
- Hartkopf Park24 ac · Directions
- Norwood Park24 ac · Directions
- Trinity Gardens Park22 ac
- Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park19 ac
- Eidem Homestead18 ac · Directions
- Jewell Park16 ac · Directions
- Willowstone Park12 ac · Directions
- MAC Wildlife Area9 ac
- Cottonwood Park8 ac
- Shingle Creek Park8 ac
- Royal Oaks Park8 ac
- Cavelle Park7 ac
- Tessman Acres Park7 ac
- Edinbrook Park6 ac · Directions
- Monroe Park6 ac · Directions
- Willows of Aspen Park5 ac
- Edgewood Park5 ac · Directions
- Zanewood Park4 ac · Directions
- Sunny Lane Park4 ac
- Cherry Meadows Park3 ac
- Sunkist Park2 ac
- Stratford Crossing Park1 ac
- Striefel Park1 ac
- Wickford Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,746 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths87.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball66
- Tennis46
- Basketball26
- Soccer26
- Pickleball19
- Football14
- Softball14
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Brooklyn Park and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park | 10.4% | 14.6 mi | 47 |
| Brooklyn Center | 5.4% | 2.2 mi | 18 |
| Coon Rapids | 6.3% | 15.0 mi | 41 |
| Fridley | 8.5% | 7.5 mi | 35 |
| Osseo | 0.6% | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| Maple Grove | 9.1% | 20.9 mi | 45 |
| Champlin | 20.2% | 19.6 mi | 23 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brooklyn Park'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.