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Gale Woods Farm
Managed by Three Rivers Park District
425 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Minnetrista
Minnetrista, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.2% of Minnetrista is conserved land, roughly 629 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gale Woods Farm (3 mi), Lake Minnetonka Regional Park (2.2 mi), and Kingswood Park (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Minnetrista, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Minnetrista outdoors
Conserved land
3.2%
629 of 19,735 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
72 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
19.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 19.3 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
Lake Minnetonka Regional Park
Managed by Three Rivers Park District
293 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Kingswood Park
Park
83 acres1.4 mi of trail
Glacial TrailTamarack Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Six Mile Marsh
Managed by Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
229 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Westonka Recreational Park
Park
36 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Gale Woods Farm425 acres · 3 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Lake Minnetonka Regional Park293 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Kingswood Park83 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Six Mile Marsh229 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
Westonka Recreational Park36 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Carver Park Reserve49 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Three Rivers Parks
Dakota Rail Regional Trail16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kingswood Park Restoration Area51 acres · Three Rivers Park District
Wawatasso Island43 acres · Three Rivers Park District
Merz Marsh Park28 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Picnic areas in Minnetrista
Covered pavillionIn Linden Park
Unnamed picnic area in Lake Minnetonka Regional Park
Unnamed picnic area in Lake Minnetonka Regional Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 6.4 mi
- Glacial Trail0.8 mi
- Tamarack Trail0.5 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 12 places
Dutch LakelakeFestooned Pond - TreatedpondGimcrakery Pond - TreatedpondHalstead's BaylakeLake FlanaganlakeLong LakelakeMud LakelakeOx Yoke LakeSaunders LakelakeWhaletail Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
629 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 75 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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 lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths19.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis13
- Baseball11
- Soccer6
- Pickleball4
- Basketball3
- Volleyball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Minnetrista
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 477 acConservation Easement 75 acState Conservation Area 42 acPrivate Conservation 31 acLocal Recreation Area 4 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Woods Reg ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 374 | Open |
| Carver Highlands Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 42 | Open |
| Westonka Recreational ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Hardscrabble Woods/Mg Tusler Sanctuary FeePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 31 | Access unknown |
| Merz Marsh ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| Lisle ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Linden ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Chateau Way ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Slow Creek ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Kings Point ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
MS-70 Nike Missile Control Site (historic)Ruins
Schmid Farmhouse RuinsIn Lake Minnetonka Regional Park · Ruins
Nearby
Minnetrista and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Minnetrista'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.