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Highland Park Complex
Park
35 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Crookston
Crookston, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.7% of Crookston is conserved land, roughly 121 acres. There are about 4.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Highland Park Complex (0.7 mi) and Nature's View Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Crookston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Crookston outdoors
Conserved land
3.7%
121 of 3,250 acres
Trails
4.5 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
16 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.3 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
Nature's View Park
Managed by City of Crookston
28 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Riverside Park
Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Central Park
Park
23 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 23 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 23 parks & preserves
Highland Park Complex35 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Nature's View Park28 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Crookston
Riverside Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Downtown Square2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Central Park23 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Veterans Memorial Walkway13 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Valley Technology Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Franklin Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
West Central Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Eugene Field1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Crookston
Central Park CampgroundFee · In Central Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
121 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 paths5.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Baseball12
- Basketball11
- Beach volleyball4
- Soccer4
- Pickleball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Crookston
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 82 acLocal Recreation Area 38 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 38 | Open |
| Wildwood ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Central ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Castle ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Groveland ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Maplewood ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Riverside ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Tennis CourtsLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Wildflower GardenLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Hoven Lane ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Crookston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Crookston'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.