1
Lester Park
Managed by Duluth Parks & Recreation
656 acres11.8 mi of trail
Ski TrailDuluth Cross City East Snowmobile TrailLester River Trail / Duluth Traverse
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Duluth
Duluth, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.6% of Duluth is conserved land, roughly 4,371 acres. There are about 173 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lester Park (11.8 mi), Hartley Park (7.2 mi), and Hawk Ridge (7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Duluth, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Duluth outdoors
Conserved land
8.6%
4,371 of 51,011 acres
Trails
173 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 50 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
71
50 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
155.4 mi
16.4 mi lanes · 133.6 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
Hartley Park
Park
692 acres7.2 mi of trail
Superior Hiking TrailNorthField ConnectorOld TunnelRock Knob SHT SpurHartley Road Ski Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Hawk Ridge
Managed by Duluth Parks & Recreation
423 acres7 mi of trail
Snively TrailDuluth Cross City East Snowmobile TrailRidge Loop Trail (yellow)Tea Kettle TrailThreading the Needles
Dog rules not recorded
4
Chester Park
Managed by City of Duluth
125 acres5.2 mi of trail
West Chester Creek TrailEast Chester Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Bagley Nature Area
Park
62 acres2.8 mi of trail
Bagley Ski Trail West LoopSuperior Hiking TrailBagley Ski Trails West Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Enger Park
Park
119 acres1.6 mi of trail
Superior Hiking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Lincoln Park
Park
51 acres1.2 mi of trail
Lincoln Park TrailSuperior Hiking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Quarry Park
Managed by City of Duluth
44 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- Jay Cooke State Park122 ac · 1 mi trail
- Congdon Park36 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Short Line Park87 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Web Woods18 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Canal Park15 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Portland Square4 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Wheeler Athletic Complex25 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Chambers Grove Park12 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Civic Center7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Grassy Point101 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural Area15 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Blackmer Park13 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Bayfront Festival Park11 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Gichi-Ode' Akiing4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Cascade Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Memorial Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Leif Erikson Park15 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Piedmont Park10 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lakewalk4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Washington Square Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Harrison Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Observation Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Portman Square3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Central Hillside Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Merritt Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Sister Cities Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hearding Island Wildlife Management Area30 ac · Directions
- Duluth Heights Park19 ac
- Gary New Duluth Park14 ac
- Keene Creek Park11 ac · Directions
- Irving Park11 ac · Directions
- St. Louis/Red River Stream Bank Protection Area10 ac · Directions
- Morgan Park8 ac · Directions
- Brighton Beach Park8 ac · Directions
- Glenshhen Mansion Congdon Estate Grounds7 ac
- Como Park6 ac
- Fond-du-Lac Park5 ac
- Interstate Island Wildlife Management Area4 ac
- Russel Square4 ac
- Manchester Square Park4 ac
- Grosvenor Square Park4 ac
- Lakeview Park4 ac
- Fairmount Park3 ac · Directions
- Pennell Park3 ac
- University Park2 ac · Directions
- Norton Park2 ac
- Waverly Park1 ac
- Riverside Park1 ac · Directions
- Old Main Park1 ac · Directions
- Lower Chester Park1 ac
- Kelso Park1 ac
- Endion Park1 ac
Who protects the land
4,371 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes16.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths133.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.4 mi
- Hartley Park MTB Trails (bike route)1.6 mi
- The Lakewalk (bike route)0.5 mi
- Duluth Traverse (bike route)0.4 mi
- Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Bike Route (bike route)0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis36
- Baseball36
- Pickleball24
- Basketball23
- Soccer20
- Tracks13
- Softball5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Duluth and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Duluth'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 54.4-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.