1
Wild River State Park
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
3,742 acres8.3 mi of trail
Sunrise Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Sunrise
Sunrise, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Sunrise is conserved land, roughly 3,543 acres. There are about 9.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wild River State Park (8.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sunrise, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sunrise outdoors
Conserved land
12%
3,543 of 29,052 acres
Trails
9.8 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
1,787 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Chengwatana State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
192 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Kost Dam Park
Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Managed by National Park Service
1 acres
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
3,543 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Sunrise and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 12.2% | 9.8 mi | 4 |
| Sterling | 38.1% | 29.0 mi | 6 |
| Harris | 0.8% | 2.3 mi | 1 |
| Chisago Lake | 0.5% | 2.9 mi | 6 |
| Amador | 17.7% | 28.3 mi | 1 |
| North Branch | 3.4% | 2.3 mi | 8 |
| Rushseba | 7.3% | 4.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sunrise'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 29.5-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.