1
Elm Creek Park Reserve
Managed by Three Rivers Park District
743 acres17.2 mi of trail
GrizzlandHayden LoopLoop BLoop APowerline Lumps
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Champlin
Champlin, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 20% of Champlin is conserved land, roughly 1,117 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Elm Creek Park Reserve (17.2 mi), Oxbow Park (0.8 mi), and Donie Galloway Riverside Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Champlin, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Champlin outdoors
Conserved land
20%
1,117 of 5,531 acres
Trails
20 mi
2.3 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
48 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
34.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 34.6 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
Oxbow Park
Park
41 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Donie Galloway Riverside Park
Park
63 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Schmidt Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 23 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 23 parks & preserves
Elm Creek Park Reserve743 acres · 17.2 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Oxbow Park41 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Donie Galloway Riverside Park63 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Northland Park16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Jerry Ruppelius Athletic Complex14 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Schmidt Wildlife Management Area45 acres · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Andrews Park39 acres
Brittany Park16 acres
Mississippi Point Park13 acres
Highpointe Park9 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 Champlin
Showing 1–10 of 23 playgrounds
Bartusch Park PlaygroundIn Bartusch Park
Unnamed playground in Paul Wethern Park
Unnamed playground in Highpointe Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Josephine Nunn Park
Unnamed playground in Jerry Ruppelius Athletic Complex
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Woodlawn Park
Unnamed playground in Lakeside Park
Unnamed playground in Elm Creek Terrace Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 13.6 miHorses 1.3 miUnpaved 19.1 mi
- Grizzland2.3 mi
- Hayden Loop1.2 mi
- Loop B1.2 mi
- Loop A0.7 mi
- Powerline Lumps0.2 mi
- Loop B Spur0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,117 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths34.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
- Elm Creek Singletrack Trail (bike route)13.3 mi
- Intermediate Loop (bike route)8.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball25
- Basketball15
- Tennis11
- Pickleball4
- Soccer3
- Football2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Champlin
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 779 acLocal Park 323 acLocal Recreation Area 15 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Creek Park ReserveLocal Conservation Area | Regional agency | 779 | Open |
| Donnie Galloway ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 63 | Open |
| Andrews ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 46 | Open |
| Josephine Nunn ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 38 | Open |
| Oxbow ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 38 | Open |
| Doris A Kemp ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Brittany ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Northland ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Jerry Ruppelius Athletic ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Bartusch ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Champlin CemetaryCemetery
St. Fridolin CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Champlin and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champlin | 20.2% | 19.6 mi | 23 |
| Coon Rapids | 6.3% | 15.0 mi | 41 |
| Dayton | 20.4% | 21.8 mi | 15 |
| Brooklyn Park | 10.4% | 14.6 mi | 47 |
| Anoka | 9.4% | 7.1 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Champlin'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.