Rainbow Park
Park
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
BOutdoors
Outdoors in Maple Plain
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Maple Plain
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Maple Plain, 0.7 per square mile of land. 36 acres are parks and preserves, 21 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
21 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.2 mi
0.2 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Maple Plain?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Maple Plain have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Maple Plain is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Maple Plain’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MN town 5% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MN 0.5 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land21 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 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 64%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. 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
The longest trail network is Rainbow Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Bryantwood Park
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
7 places to go in Maple Plain
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Maple Plain
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Picnic areas in Maple Plain
2 picnic areas without a name on the map.
Biking & sports
0.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
9Baseball
2Basketball
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The walking year in Maple Plain
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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 22 | 27 | 41 | 56 | 68 | 78 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 57 | 41 | 27 |
| Rain (in) | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Maple Plain →
Next door
Maple Plain and its neighbors
Maple Plain has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Plain | under 1% | 0.7 | 21 | 99%+ | B |
| Independence | 2% | 0.3 | 66 | 15% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Maple Plain
Where can I hike in Maple Plain?
The longest trail networks: Rainbow Park, 0.4 miles; Bryantwood Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Maple Plain 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 Maple Plain’s trails?
Rainbow Park and Veteran's Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Maple Plain?
0.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Maple Plain?
12,573 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maple Plain or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Maple Plain have?
Ahead of 64% 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 Maple Plain 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 →