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

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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

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
DirectionsTo the trailhead Website
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
Directions
Unnamed playground in Paul Wethern Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Highpointe Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in Josephine Nunn Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Jerry Ruppelius Athletic Complex
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in Woodlawn Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Lakeside Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Elm Creek Terrace Park
Directions
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.
Regional agency
779 ac
Town or city
337 ac
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
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Elm Creek Park ReserveLocal Conservation AreaRegional agency779Open
Donnie Galloway ParkLocal ParkTown or city63Open
Andrews ParkLocal ParkTown or city46Open
Josephine Nunn ParkLocal ParkTown or city38Open
Oxbow ParkLocal ParkTown or city38Open
Doris A Kemp ParkLocal ParkTown or city17Open
Brittany ParkLocal ParkTown or city17Open
Northland ParkLocal ParkTown or city15Open
Jerry Ruppelius Athletic ComplexLocal Recreation AreaTown or city15Open
Bartusch ParkLocal ParkTown or city14Open
History

Historic places to visit

Champlin CemetaryCemetery
St. Fridolin CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Champlin and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Champlin20.2%19.6 mi23
Coon Rapids6.3%15.0 mi41
Dayton20.4%21.8 mi15
Brooklyn Park10.4%14.6 mi47
Anoka9.4%7.1 mi12
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.

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