Outdoors · Byron

Byron, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.6% of Byron is conserved land, roughly 52 acres. There are about 1.0 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Byron, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Byron outdoors

Conserved land
2.6%
52 of 2,007 acres
Trails
1.0 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.6 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 7.1 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

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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.
1

Byron Youth Baseball & Softball Complex

Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Community Center Park

Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Valley View Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

East Brookfield Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Byron
Showing 1–10 of 17 playgrounds
Tot LotIn Somerby Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in Community Center Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Community Center Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in East Brookfield Park
Directions
Who protects the land

52 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
50 ac
Private owners
1 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
  • Off-road bike paths7.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball13
  • Soccer9
  • Tennis6
  • Pickleball4
  • Basketball4
  • Football2
  • Volleyball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Byron

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 26 acLocal Recreation Area 26 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Soccer ParkLocal Recreation AreaTown or city26Open
Brook Lawn 10Th ParkLocal ParkTown or city8Open
Pool ParkLocal ParkTown or city4Open
Valley View ParkLocal ParkTown or city3Open
Brook Lawn ParkLocal ParkTown or city3Open
Old Towne ParkLocal ParkTown or city3Open
Klingvall ParkLocal ParkTown or city2Open
East Brookfield ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
Somerby ParkLocal ParkPrivate owners1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Byron CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Byron and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Byron2.6%1.0 mi5
Kalmar0.1%9.7 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Byron'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.

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