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American Legion Memorial Park
Park
109 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.5% of Grand Rapids is conserved land, roughly 533 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in American Legion Memorial Park (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Grand Rapids, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Grand Rapids outdoors
Conserved land
3.5%
533 of 15,412 acres
Trails
25 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
48 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
20.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 18.8 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
Veterans Memorial Park
Park
38 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Grussendorf Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Oakland Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in Grand Rapids
Blandin Beach
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.8 mi
- North Country Trail3.6 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
533 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 paths18.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis21
- Baseball15
- Basketball6
- Soccer3
- Volleyball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Grand Rapids
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Recreation Area 279 acState Resource Management Area 191 acLocal Park 67 acNational Forest 8 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Legion Memorial ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 206 | Open |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 191 | Open |
| Veterans Memorial ParkLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 43 | Open |
| Grand Rapids Sports ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 31 | Open |
| Willow ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Chippewa National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 8 | Open |
| Oakland ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Grussendorf ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Grand Rapids Wayside ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Blandin Mississippi River ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Nearby
Grand Rapids and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Grand Rapids'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.