Thrive! Park
Managed by Village of Nelson
23 acres0.8 mi of trail
Pikes Peak and Sisters TrailThrive Loop Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors in Nelson
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Nelson
About 27% of Nelson is conserved land, roughly 253 acres. There are about 1.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Thrive! Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land
27%
253 of 926 acres
Trails
1.1 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
This week on the trails
Best day for a walk: Friday
61°, sunny, 0% chance of rain.
Thu65° 45°23% rain
Fri61° 44°0% rain
Sat64° 49°5% rain
Sun65° 39°7% rain
Mon60° 44°0% rain
Tue65° 53°8% rain
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Thrive! Park, with 0.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lower Chippewa River SNA—TNC Addition
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
164 acres
🐕 Dogs usually not allowed
No trailhead mapped yet
Tiffany Wildlife Area
Nature preserve
68 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
🌳
Thrive! Park23 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Village of Nelson
🌲
Lower Chippewa River SNA—TNC Addition164 acres · The Nature Conservancy
🌲
Tiffany Wildlife Area68 acres
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Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge2 acres · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.0 mi
Pikes Peak and Sisters Trail0.7 mi
Thrive Loop Trail0.3 mi
Who protects it
253 conserved acres
Who manages Nelson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits159 ac
State natural resources68 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service52 ac
Private Conservation · 159 acState Recreation Area · 68 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 52 ac
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Chippewa River State Natural Area - The Nature Conservancy Addition Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 159 | Open |
| Tiffany Wildlife Area State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 68 | Open |
| Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife And Fish Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 52 | Restricted |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 old cemetery
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Nelson neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US. Measured against the Census town boundary. Forecast: National Weather Service.
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.