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Bald Eagle-Otter Lake Park
Park
694 acres13.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · White Bear
White Bear, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of White Bear is conserved land, roughly 1,478 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bald Eagle-Otter Lake Park (13.6 mi) and Tamarack Nature Center (8.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in White Bear, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
White Bear outdoors
Conserved land
21%
1,478 of 6,953 acres
Trails
24 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
29
139 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.1 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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Tamarack Nature Center
Nature preserve
326 acres8.1 mi of trail
Dragonfly LoopAcorn LoopDeer Pass TrailGrass Walking & Hiking TrailBluestem Trail Paved Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Red Pine Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Poplar Lake County Park
Managed by Ramsey County
274 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 29 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 29 parks & preserves
Bald Eagle-Otter Lake Park694 acres · 13.6 mi of trail
Tamarack Nature Center326 acres · 8.1 mi of trail
Red Pine Park13 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Deer Meadow Park123 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Benson Park42 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Rutherford Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Poplar Lake County Park274 acres · Ramsey County
Polar Lakes Park51 acres · White Bear Township
Brandlwood Park34 acres
Four Seasons Park25 acres
Who protects the land
1,478 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 paths7.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball11
- Tennis7
- Soccer3
- Pickleball2
- Basketball1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
White Bear and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Bear | 21.3% | 24.2 mi | 29 |
| White Bear Lake | 6.5% | 3.9 mi | 16 |
| North Oaks | 0% | 25.9 mi | 4 |
| Gem Lake | 0% | 1.7 mi | 0 |
| Vadnais Heights | 27.3% | 3.1 mi | 14 |
| Birchwood Village | 3.1% | 0.1 mi | 3 |
| Mahtomedi | 6.6% | 3.8 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about White Bear'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.