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Sechler Park
Park
62 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Northfield
Northfield, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Northfield is conserved land, roughly 765 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sechler Park (1.2 mi), Spring Creek Park & Playground (1.1 mi), and Lashbrook Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Northfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Northfield outdoors
Conserved land
14%
765 of 5,496 acres
Trails
25 mi
2.9 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
40
37 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
36.7 mi
8.3 mi lanes · 27.9 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
Spring Creek Park & Playground
Park
34 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lashbrook Park
Park
11 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hauberg Woods
Park
44 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Meadows Park
Managed by City of Northfield
20 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Spring Creek Nature Area
Managed by Northfield Public Schools
13 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Jefferson Park
Park
12 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Heywood Park
Park
8 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 40 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 40 parks & preserves
Sechler Park62 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Spring Creek Park & Playground34 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Lashbrook Park11 acres · 1 mi of trail
Hauberg Woods44 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Meadows Park20 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · City of Northfield
Spring Creek Nature Area13 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Northfield Public Schools
Jefferson Park12 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Heywood Park8 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Grant Park9 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Spring Creek Park30 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Northfield
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Northfield
Showing 1–10 of 39 playgrounds
Everybody's PlaygroundIn Spring Creek Park & Playground
Jefferson ParkIn Jefferson Park
Outdoor Musical PlazaIn Way Park
Unnamed playground in Char Carlson Park
Unnamed playground in Sechler Park
Unnamed playground in Heritage Park
Unnamed playground in Truman Park
Unnamed playground in Grant Park
Unnamed playground in Tyler Park
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 8.3 miHorses 0.9 miUnpaved 12.2 mi
- Carleton Arboretum Trail0.9 mi
- Baseball Pond Loop0.6 mi
- Forest Restoration Loop0.5 mi
- Heath Creek Trail0.4 mi
- Ellingson Woods Trail0.3 mi
- Mill Towns State Trail0.3 mi
- Knoll Loop0.2 mi
- Highland Avenue East0.1 mi
- Juniper Avenue East0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Baseball PondpondLower Lyman LakelakeRetention PondpondTurtle PondpondUpper Lyman LakelakeCannon RiverHeath Creek
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
765 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes8.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths27.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis30
- Baseball23
- Tracks23
- Soccer20
- Football17
- Basketball11
- Softball6
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Northfield
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 488 acLocal Conservation Area 266 acLocal Recreation Area 8 acConservation Easement 2 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowling - Lower ArboretumLocal Conservation Area | Other state land | 149 | Open |
| Cowling - Upper ArboretumLocal Conservation Area | Other state land | 117 | Open |
| Sechler ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 97 | Open |
| Spring Creek ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 82 | Open |
| Hauberg WoodsLocal Park | Town or city | 52 | Open |
| Meadows ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 41 | Open |
| Babcock ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Campostella ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Greenvale Park ElementaryLocal Park | Regional agency | 14 | Open |
| Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Carleton SundialMonument
Civil War MonumentIn Bridge Square · Monument
First marriage in NorthfieldMonument
Northfield Area Veterans MemorialIn Riverside Lions Park · Memorial
Sesquicentennial Legacy PlazaIn Bridge Square · Plaque
Calvary CemetaryCemetery
Northfield CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Northfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield | 13.9% | 24.7 mi | 40 |
| Bridgewater | 1.6% | 10.2 mi | 2 |
| Northfield | 0.4% | 1.1 mi | 1 |
| Greenvale | 15.2% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
| Waterford | 11.5% | 8.6 mi | 0 |
| Dundas | 4.7% | 1.9 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Northfield'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.