1
MAC Wildlife Area
Park
49 acres1.1 mi of trail
MAC Wildlife Walking TrailMAC Wildlife Marsh Wooden BridgeMAC Wildlife Wooden Bridge
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Crystal
Crystal, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.7% of Crystal is conserved land, roughly 286 acres. There are about 4.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in MAC Wildlife Area (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Crystal, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Crystal outdoors
Conserved land
7.7%
286 of 3,733 acres
Trails
4.0 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.5 mi
3.6 mi lanes · 8.9 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
Hagemeister Pond Park Reserve
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lions Valley Place Park
Managed by City of Crystal Parks and Recreation
20 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
North Lions Park
Managed by City of Crystal Parks and Recreation
12 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 25 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 25 parks & preserves
MAC Wildlife Area49 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Hagemeister Pond Park Reserve8 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Lions Valley Place Park20 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Crystal Parks and Recreation
North Lions Park12 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Crystal Parks and Recreation
Bassett Creek Park80 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Becker Park9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Crystal, MN
Yunkers Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Broadway Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Welcome Park12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Forest Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Crystal Parks and Recreation
Who protects the land
286 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 30 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball19
- Basketball10
- Soccer8
- Pickleball8
- Skate park1
- Beach volleyball1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Crystal and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal | 7.7% | 4.0 mi | 25 |
| New Hope | 5.3% | 1.5 mi | 17 |
| Robbinsdale | 9.5% | 1.3 mi | 20 |
| Brooklyn Center | 5.4% | 2.2 mi | 18 |
| Golden Valley | 16.1% | 20.6 mi | 42 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Crystal'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.