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III. PARKS INVENTORY <br /> <br />There are a total of 943 acres of parks and playfields in the City owned by <br />various entities including: <br /> <br />No. of Sites Acreage Owner <br /> <br />2 500 acres <br />I 18 acres <br />1 47 acres <br />34 378 acres <br /> 943 acres <br /> <br />Anoka County <br />State Wayside Park <br />Ramsey Elementary School (Dist. 11) <br />City of Ramsey <br /> <br />As earlier indicated, the primary focus of State and County owned lands is <br />preservation of natural resources and passive recreation opportunities. The <br />elementary school provides space for active recreation facilities with a <br />developed playground, ice rinks, warming house and ball diamonds. <br />Approximately one-third of the City parks are developable with the remaining <br />acreage comprised of lowland wetland areas providing open space. <br />Development other than small amounts of playground equipment has been <br />limited to: <br /> <br />Central Park- Community Playfields <br />Titterud Park - Neighborhood Park <br />River's Bend Park- Community Park <br />Autumn Heights Park - Neighborhood Park <br />Traprock Commons - Special Use <br /> <br />Table 2 provides a summary of the park acreage and Figure 3 outlines the <br />facilities within the developed parks in the City. Table 3 further provides a <br />summary of parks and evaluation based on site visits by Parks Commission <br />members. Figure 4 illustrates the location of parks and trails within the City's <br />park system. <br /> <br />As indicated, a number of the parcels are undeveloped areas, others serve <br />various functions within the park system and are classified according to a <br />specific parks classification. <br /> <br />The City has pursued the development of a trail system through park <br />dedication since 1987. At this time, several segments of trail corridors and <br />rights-of-way are within the system, but no trails are yet fully developed. <br />Approximately four miles of trail corridor are currently in the City's park <br />system. <br /> <br />Additional outdoor recreation facilities open to the public are provided through <br />the private sector including Rum River Hills Golf Course (18 holes) and <br />St. Anthony Gun Club (sport shooting). A new 18 hole golf course is <br />proposed to be constructed in 1991 as part of the North Fork Planned Unit <br />Development. <br /> <br />The Boy Scouts of America also operate a recreation facility for scouts which <br />encompasses approximately 160 acres along the Rum River. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />