Ironwood Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Minden
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Minden
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2.9 miles of mapped trail cross Minden, 0.8 per square mile of land. 31 acres are parks and preserves, 8.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns · #30 of 42 in Nevada. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
5 acres · of 3.7 sq mi of land
Trails
2.9 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
31 ac
8.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.6 mi
2.6 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Minden?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Minden have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Minden is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns, #30 of 42 in Nevada. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Minden’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NV town 5% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · NV 2.0 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land8.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (31 acres) · NV 6 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · NV 74% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 60%
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Nevada towns of 2,500+ (42)Ahead of 29%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Weser Creek Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
5 conserved acres
under 1% of Minden’s land. Who manages Minden’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city5 ac
Local Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Minden Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Marsha'S Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Minden
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Minden
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
2.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Tennis
2Baseball
2Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →10 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Minden Flour Milling CompanyBuilding · listed 1978
About itHome RanchBuilding · listed 1980
About itCarson Valley Improvement Club HallBuilding · listed 1983
About itDouglas County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1986
About itFarmers Bank of Carson ValleyBuilding · listed 1986
About itMinden Butter Manufacturing CompanyBuilding · listed 1986
About itMinden InnBuilding · listed 1986
About itMinden Wool WarehouseBuilding · listed 1986
About itFarmers' Bank of Carson ValleyBuilding · listed 2000
About itMinden Elementary SchoolBuilding · listed 2008
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Minden: April to June
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 72 | 82 | 91 | 90 | 82 | 70 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
September is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 1.8 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Minden →
Next door
Minden and its neighbors
Minden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minden | under 1% | 0.8 | 8 | 99%+ | B |
| Gardnerville | 2% | 1.1 | 13 | 96% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Minden
How much of Minden is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 5% for a Nevada town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Minden’s trails?
Ironwood Park and Weser Creek Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Minden?
2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Minden?
96,466 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Minden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 31 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Minden have?
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #30 of 42 in Nevada. 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 Minden 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 →