1
Wood-Rill SNA
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
207 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Orono
Orono, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.4% of Orono is conserved land, roughly 665 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wood-Rill SNA (3.6 mi), Baker Park Reserve (1 mi), and Wolsfeld Woods SNA (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Orono, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Orono outdoors
Conserved land
4.4%
665 of 15,237 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
81 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
17.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 17.5 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
Baker Park Reserve
Park
282 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Wolsfeld Woods SNA
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
40 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Big Island Nature Park
Nature preserve
60 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Highwood Park
Managed by City of Orono
16 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Wood-Rill SNA207 acres · 3.6 mi of trail · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Baker Park Reserve282 acres · 1 mi of trail
Wolsfeld Woods SNA40 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Big Island Nature Park60 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Highwood Park16 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · City of Orono
Noerenberg Gardens75 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Arthur Allen Wildlife Sanctuary63 acres · Three Rivers Park District
Ferndale Marsh22 acres · The Nature Conservancy
Orono Baseball Fields14 acres
Casco Point Park9 acres
Who protects the land
665 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 4 of 29 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 paths17.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Baseball10
- Soccer6
- Basketball4
- Football3
- Softball2
- Lacrosse1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Orono and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orono | 4.4% | 11.4 mi | 18 |
| Wayzata | 2.6% | 1.3 mi | 6 |
| Spring Park | 5.2% | 0.0 mi | 3 |
| Village of Minnetonka Beach | 2.6% | 0.5 mi | 4 |
| Medina | 17.8% | 21.8 mi | 8 |
| Tonka Bay | 2.2% | 0.2 mi | 4 |
| Mound | 2.1% | 0.1 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Orono'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.