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The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College;Gustavus Adolphus College Arboretum
Park
128 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · St. Peter
St. Peter, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of St. Peter is conserved land, roughly 793 acres. There are about 5.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College;Gustavus Adolphus College Arboretum (2.6 mi) and Traverse des Sioux Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in St. Peter, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
St. Peter outdoors
Conserved land
19%
793 of 4,103 acres
Trails
5.3 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
65 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
21.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 20.8 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.
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Traverse des Sioux Park
Park
421 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Riverside Park - Disc Golf
Park
144 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Community Spirit Park
Park
90 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 18 parks & preserves
- Gault Park19 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Riverside Park16 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Minnesota Square Park11 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Prairie Ridge Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Jefferson Park18 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Jefferson Park West Natural Resource Area26 ac · Directions
- Veteran's Memorial Park12 ac · Directions
- McGill Park8 ac · Directions
- Gorman Park5 ac · Directions
- Stones Park4 ac · Directions
- Ramsey Park3 ac
- Warren Park2 ac
- Levee Park1 ac · Directions
- Johnson Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
793 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 paths20.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis31
- Baseball21
- Soccer19
- Pickleball4
- Football3
- Basketball3
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
St. Peter and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about St. Peter'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.