Fairfax Brush Park
Managed by City of Fairfax
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Minneapolis and St. Louis Depot · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Fairfax
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Fairfax
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
12 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 0.2 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Fairfax?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Fairfax have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairfax is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fairfax’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MN town 5% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MN 0.5 · U.S. 0.4DPark land11 acres of park per 1,000 residents (12 acres) · MN 24 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MN 95% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 32%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Fairfax West Park
Managed by City of Fairfax
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
St. John's Park
Managed by St. John's Church
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
St. Andrew's Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
Fairfax Brush Park5 acres · City of Fairfax
Fairfax West Park2 acres · City of Fairfax
St. John's Park2 acres · St. John's Church
St. Andrew's Park1 acres
Fairfax Community Park1 acres
Fairfax East Park1 acres · City of Fairfax
Casey's Park 21 acres · Casey's
Things to do
4 places to go in Fairfax
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Fairfax
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Picnic areas in Fairfax
1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
2Basketball
1Tennis
1Beach volleyball
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Minneapolis and St. Louis DepotBuilding · listed 1986
About itWhen to get out
The walking year in Fairfax
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 23 | 27 | 40 | 56 | 69 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 59 | 42 | 28 |
| Rain (in) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
January is the driest month (0.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Fairfax →
Next door
Fairfax and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax | under 1% | under 0.1 | 11 | 99%+ | C |
| Cairo Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Camp Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fairfax
How much of Fairfax is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Minnesota town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Fairfax’s trails?
Fairfax Brush Park and Fairfax West Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Fairfax?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of painted or protected lanes and 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Fairfax?
705 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairfax or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Fairfax have?
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Fairfax neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →