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Casey Lake Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 622 Google reviews · Running trail in North St Paul, Minnesota · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Mixed
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Casey Lake Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Grassy lakefront park, popular for picnics, equipped with baseball fields, a playground and walking paths.
What runners say about Casey Lake Park
“Clean, Walking paths, ballfields and a nice playground.”
“This park has a lot of great features and is right on the lake with a great view and a walking trail.”
“The play area is laid with mulch and suited for kids of all ages.”
Beautiful park! Wonderful place to take the kids or family! Beautiful park to have a birthday party, graduation, or, a wedding. This park has Beautiful indoor pavilion and indoor bathroom facilities. Casey has nice baseball and soccer fields along with the walking path and pond to fish in.
This park has beautiful bathrooms. We're talking well-lit, odor-free, toddler-friendly bathrooms (as in a built-in stool at the sink and booster seat for kiddo to wait in when it's mama's turn to go). If there's a gallery for amazing bathrooms, this place needs to make the list!
Great buildings to rent out for family and very nice views of the water and patio and kitchen. We used it for a memorial service and it worked out perfectly and price was very reasonable! A park right outside the building for the kiddos and a nice walking path around the pond.
I went to Casey Lake Park for a treat or treating event! It is a nice little park. It has a great path to walk around I'd say maybe close to a mile maybe.
Trail conditions & character
“This park has a lot of great features and is right on the lake with a great view and a walking trail.”
“The inside of the shelter is nice and modern with a catering kitchen, tables, chairs, a water fountain with bottle fill-up and bathrooms.”
“Enough parking, a party place, a kids' play area, a restroom, and more.”
“The black lining under the wood chips is coming up, there's a couple exposed screw heads where there shouldn't be and the wood chips badly need to be raked.”
“The inside of the shelter is nice and modern with a catering kitchen, tables, chairs, a water fountain with bottle fill-up and bathrooms.”
Plan your run at Casey Lake Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- SurfaceMixed — more than one surface along the route, so check the segment you plan to run
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms, water — reported by runners
- Stroller / wheelchairReported as smooth and step-free enough for a running stroller or a chair.
- Websitenorthstpaul.org
- Phone(651) 747-2411
Hours
| Monday | 7 AM–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 7 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 7 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 7 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 7 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 7 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 7 AM–10 PM |
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