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A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Rogers

Rogers has 2,674 acres of parks, 195 for every 1,000 residents

16% of Rogers’ land is conserved, about 2,541 acres. 31 miles of mapped trail cross Rogers, 1.2 per square mile of land. 96% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 97% of U.S. towns · #14 of 274 in Minnesota. What drives it

Conserved land
16%
2,541 acres · of 25.4 sq mi of land
Trails
31 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
2,674 ac
195 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
20 mi
18 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
8
1 beach

What kind of outdoors town is Rogers?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam195 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild16% of the land is conserved; a typical Minnesota town, 5%.A trail town1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 85% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Rogers have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rogers is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns, #14 of 274 in Minnesota. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.

A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rogers’ overall grade.
Conserved land16% of the land · typical MN town 5% · U.S. 4%ATrails1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (31 mi) · MN 0.5 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land195 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2,674 acres) · MN 24 · U.S. 13AParks close to home96% of residents within a half mile of a park · MN 95% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 97%
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Minnesota towns of 2,500+ (274)Ahead of 95%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A 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.

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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 Crow-Hassan Park Reserve, with 26.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

Managed by Three Rivers Park District
2,155 acres26.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Vehicle with Trailer ParkingWebsite ↗

Henry's Woods Park

Managed by City of Rogers, MN
49 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Hassan Hills II

Managed by City of Rogers
30 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

North Community Park

Managed by City of Rogers
52 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Lions Central Park

Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Brockton Meadows Park

Managed by City of Rogers
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 26 parks & preserves
Crow-Hassan Park Reserve2,155 acres · 26.3 mi of trail · Three Rivers Park District
Directions
Henry's Woods Park49 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · City of Rogers, MN
Directions
Hassan Hills II30 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Rogers
North Community Park52 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Rogers
Directions
Lions Central Park8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Directions
Brockton Meadows Park5 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Rogers
Directions
South Community Park31 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Cambria Farms Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Rogers
Brookside Meadows Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Laurel Creek Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Rogers
Directions
Edgewater Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Rogers
Directions
Shadow Wood Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Erickson Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Dutch Knolls Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Rogers
Directions
Hassan Meadow Park32 acres · City of Rogers
Directions
Dayspring Estates Park22 acres · City of Rogers
Directions
Northridge Preserve22 acres · City of Rogers
Lynch Park19 acres · City of Rogers
Directions
Cowley Lake Park19 acres · City of Rogers
Meadow Lakes Estates Park14 acres · City of Rogers
Hassan Hills I14 acres · City of Rogers
Sunnyside Park12 acres
Walker Park10 acres · City of Rogers
Fox Creek West Park7 acres · City of Rogers
Directions
Hassan Hills Park6 acres · City of Rogers
Field of Dreams4 acres
Directions
Who protects it

2,541 conserved acres

16% of Rogers’ land. Who manages Rogers’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Regional agency2,194 ac
County240 ac
Town or city106 ac
Local Conservation Area · 2,194 acLocal Park · 346 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Crow-Hassan
Local Conservation Area
Regional agency2,194Open
North Community Park
Local Park
County51Open
Henry Woods
Local Park
County45Open
Dayspring Estates
Local Park
Town or city44Open
South Community Park
Local Park
County42Open
Lynch Park
Local Park
County28Open
Hassan Hills Ii
Local Park
Town or city23Open
Edgewater Park
Local Park
County21Open
Cowley Lake Park
Local Park
County18Open
Hassan Hills
Local Park
County14Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

37 places to go in Rogers

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Rogers
Dutch Knolls Park PlaygroundIn Dutch Knolls Park
Directions
Edgewater Park PlaygroundIn Edgewater Park
Directions
Fox Creek West PlaygroundIn Fox Creek West Park
Directions
Hassan Hills PlaygroundIn Hassan Hills Park
Directions
Lions Central Park PlaygroundIn Lions Central Park
Directions

Plus 20 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

8 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Cowley LakeMeadow LakeNorth Twin LakelakePrarie LakelakeSouth Twin LakelakeSylvan LakeCrow RiverRush Creek
Biking & sports

20 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

18 mi
off-road bike paths
2.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
20Baseball
9Tennis
8Soccer
7Basketball
7Football
2Pickleball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 5 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Hagel Family FarmDistrict · listed 2006
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Rogers

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.110.311.813.414.815.615.314.112.510.99.58.8
High (°F)222740566878828072574127
Rain (in)0.70.81.52.94.24.54.04.13.32.81.51.0

January is the driest month (0.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rogers →

Next door

Rogers and its neighbors

Rogers has the most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Rogers31 miDayton20 miOtsego6.8 miSt. Michael4.1 miHanover1.9 miCorcoran0.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Rogers16%1.219596%A+
St. Michael8%0.12590%B+
Otsego2%0.21168%B−
Dayton22%0.936582%A
Hanover12%0.311998%A
Corcoranunder 1%under 0.11732%C−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Rogers

Where can I hike in Rogers?

The longest trail networks: Crow-Hassan Park Reserve, 26.3 miles; Henry's Woods Park, 1.5 miles; Hassan Hills II, 0.4 miles; North Community Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Rogers is conserved land?

16% 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 Rogers’ trails?

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve and Henry's Woods Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Rogers?

20 miles of bike routes are on the map: 18 of off-road paths and 2.0 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Rogers?

20,627 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rogers or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,674 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Rogers have?

Ahead of 97% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #14 of 274 in Minnesota. 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 Rogers neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →