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Components of the Regional Parks System are categorized into four major components. These four <br />components are regional parks, park reserves, regional trails, and special recreation features. <br />Regional Parks <br />Areas selected for regional parks should contain a diversity of nature -based resources, either naturally <br />occurring or human -built. The recreational quality of a regional park is measured by the presence or <br />absence of outstanding natural resources and the ability to provide adequately for a wide range of <br />natural resource -related recreational opportunities. Access to water bodies suitable for recreation — <br />such as swimming, boating and fishing — is particularly important and most of the regional parks are <br />focused on lakes, rivers or streams. <br />A regional park should be large enough to accommodate a variety of activities, preserve a pleasant <br />natural aspect, and buffer activity areas from each other and from surrounding areas. This is interpreted <br />as requiring 200 to 500 acres of land. Occasionally, because of the quality of the resource, an <br />exception may be made and a regional park may be as small as 100 acres. Experience has shown this <br />to be the minimum size acceptable for the range and type of activities expected to be accommodated. <br />As of 2014, there are 42 regional parks developed and open to the public. These regional parks are <br />listed in Table 3-2 and shown on Figure 3-2. <br />Table 3-2. Regional Parks Open to the Public (2014) <br />Regional Parks <br />1 Anoka County Riverfront Regional Park <br />2 Bunker Hills Regional Park <br />3 Lake George Regional Park <br />4 Martin -Island -Linwood Lakes Regional Park <br />5 Mississippi West Regional Park <br />6 Rum River Central Regional Park <br />7 Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park <br />8 Baylor Regional Park <br />9 Lake Minnewashta Regional Park <br />10 Lake Waconia Regional Park <br />11 Lake Byllesby Regional Park <br />12 Lebanon Hills Regional Park <br />13 Whitetail Woods Regional Park <br />14 Above the Falls Regional Park <br />15 Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park <br />16 Minneapolis Chain -of -Lakes Regional Park <br />17 Minnehaha Regional Park <br />18 Nokomis -Hiawatha Regional Park <br />19 Theodore Wirth Regional Park <br />20 Mississippi Gorge Regional Park <br />Regional Park Implementing Agency <br />Anoka County <br />Anoka County <br />Anoka County <br />Anoka County <br />Anoka County <br />Anoka County <br />Anoka County/Three Rivers <br />Carver County <br />Carver County <br />Carver County <br />Dakota County <br />Dakota County <br />Dakota County <br />Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board <br />Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board <br />Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board <br />Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board <br />Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board <br />Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board <br />Minneapolis/Saint Paul <br />