1
Central Green Park
Park
14 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cambridge
Cambridge, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.2% of Cambridge is conserved land, roughly 305 acres. There are about 1.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cambridge, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cambridge outdoors
Conserved land
6.2%
305 of 4,935 acres
Trails
1.5 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
11
30 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.4 mi
1.3 mi lanes · 5.1 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
Joe's Lake Natural Preserve
Nature preserve
127 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Cambridge City Park
Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Brown Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Central Green Park14 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Joe's Lake Natural Preserve127 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Honeysuckle Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Cambridge City Park15 acres
Brown Park11 acres
Peterson Park8 acres
Pioneer Park6 acres
Lorne Erickson Memorial Park4 acres
Oak Circle Preserve4 acres
Silver Oak Park4 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Cambridge
Unnamed playground in Brown Park
Unnamed playground in Cambridge City Park
Unnamed playground in Central Green Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Peterson Park
Unnamed playground in Pioneer Park
Unnamed playground in Honeysuckle Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
305 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Pickleball8
- Baseball5
- Basketball3
- Skate park1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Cambridge
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 178 acLocal Recreation Area 127 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit River Nature AreaLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 127 | Open |
| Joe'S Lake PreserveLocal Park | Town or city | 114 | Open |
| Cambridge City ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Central GreenLocal Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
| Pioneer ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Brown ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Peterson ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Lorne Erickson Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Honeysuckle ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Christ the King Catholic CemeteryCemetery
Union CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Cambridge and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 6.2% | 1.5 mi | 11 |
| Cambridge | 0.2% | 2.8 mi | 2 |
| Springvale | 1.2% | 0.7 mi | 3 |
| Bradford | 0.6% | 0.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cambridge'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.