Running trails in Woodbury, MN
Woodbury has 17 trails in the directory — 5 paved, 4 loops that return to the trailhead, 1 with a stated distance, 5 shaded, and 2 open 24 hours. 14 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 2,873 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Carver Lake Park and Beach
4.6 ★★★★★ 1,082 reviews
Hiking, biking, archery, picnics & unguarded swimming are offered in this picturesque city park.
Ojibway Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 549 reviews
Green space with several sports fields, trails, picnic areas & grills, plus a skate park.
Powers Lake Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 346 reviews
Wooded park featuring a paved lakeside trail, a fishing pier & canoe launch, plus a playground.
Colby Lake Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 209 reviews
Lakeside space featuring baseball fields, soccer fields, playgrounds and soccer games.
Kargel Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 147 reviews
A 24.7-acre neighborhood park on a lake with hockey rinks, an accessible playground & shelter.
Seasons Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 108 reviews
Baseball park, playground, and trail with picnic tables plus a lake.
Tamarack Nature Preserve
4.3 ★★★★☆ 109 reviews
Boardwalks, a playground and walking paths are among the features of this park.
Ridge Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 64 reviews
Well-maintained neighborhood park featuring a playground, soccer and tennis courts.
Chippewa Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 61 reviews
Neighborhood park featuring a playground and baseball field, plus picnic tables.
Stonemill Farms Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 54 reviews
Bailey's Arbor Preserve
4.3 ★★★★☆ 6 reviews
Coyote Creek
5 ★★★★★ 4 reviews
Hasenbank Woods
5 ★★★★★ 2 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Woodbury
- Match the surface to your legs. Woodbury gives you a choice: 5 paved and 3 mixed. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More paved trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? 4 trails here are loops, so you finish back at the car with no backtracking — the easiest way to run a set distance without thinking about it. On an out-and-back you turn round at half your target distance, which makes any trail fit any run. The longest stated distance in Woodbury is Prairie Ridge Park at 1.5 mi.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 2 trails in Woodbury are open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 14 of the 17 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm. 2 are lit, which is what you want for winter evenings.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 11 have trailhead parking, 5 have restrooms, and 1 has a water fountain in Woodbury. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 5 shaded, 1 that runners describe as quiet, 3 dog-friendly, and 2 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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