Trails open daily from 5am to 11 pm. Do not ride wet trails. Battle Creek Regional Park is located approximately 5 miles East of downtown St. Paul, off I-94.
Driving East on I-94, exit on McKnight Road and turn right (South). Drive South to Upper Afton Road. Turn right on Upper Afton Road and drive to Winthrop Street. Turn left on Winthrop Street, and drive approximately one block. Turn right, into the Battle Creek Community Center parking lot. Find a place to park - you're at the trailhead! The official trailhead is located directly South of the Commu
09/01/2026
Thank you National Center for Youth Development and some of our core trail crew working on maintenance projects tonight at BC. Building new trail is exciting but maintaining trail is the bread and butter that needs to be done over and over every year.
We couldn’t do it without great support from organizations like the national Center for youth development and our wonderful trail crew volunteers!
07/14/2026
Even in all this heat, our trail crew volunteers were out yesterday trimming the overgrowth on Goat, Lower Goat, Cop Out, the top of Luge, Warm Up Loop and Little Laid Back Loop. Plus, dirt work on Poison Nettle and the jump on BC Connector. EIGHT dedicated volunteers out making your riding a little better at Battle Creek!
Want to join in? Sign up on Trailbot. Can't make trailwork work, become a Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists (MORC) member to help support our efforts!
Keep hydrated out there!
06/29/2026
We are scheduling a special trail clean up day on Tuesday July 7th. 6:00 pm. We may make it a short one (hour to hour and a half) due to the heat, but we'd love to have your help!!! Sign up here.
Thank you in advance!
BC Trail Clean Up July 7th 6 - 8 pm I need your help to clear the overgrowth from the beginner trails at Battle Creek in prep for a Little Bellas mountain bike camp! Looking for at least 12 adult volunteers who can run the w**d trimmers (instruction provided), youth volunteers will trim branches and clear the trail. Meet at the Battle...
06/27/2026
Check out the new upgrades at cottage Grove just down the road from Battle Creek!
06/02/2026
Battle Creek News Updates
1. We are again looking for folks to Adopt a Trail segment. With this you or you and your group agree to do general overgrowth trimming on a trail segment of your choosing. This usually ends up being three times a year. Use your own tools or coordinate with the trail crew to use ours. Message us here to sign up or ask questions. Thanks in advance!
2. Great news! We completed the middle section of Enchanted Forest last night! 🔥 🎉 Now if you enter it from the top of Sidewinder (just before you get to the double track that takes you to Goat), it's full length is about 1.2 miles. The first section is a slightly more difficult green.
Our first trailwork day of the season is Monday May 18th. We're using trailbot for trailwork communications this year. Go to trailbot, then events and you should be able to see our Battle Creek Trailwork event. If you login, you can even let us know you're coming!
03/28/2026
The trail is getting close but not quite ready. It’s still greasy in spots and there is still 2’ of snow at the XC trail crossings by the rec center. Soon, but not quite yet.
03/23/2026
Little Bellas is coming to Battle Creek again this season. Looking for girls ages 8 - 13 who want to make friends, ride bikes and have tons of fun in the park! Mondays 6 - 8 pm starting May 11th.
Registration open now: https://littlebellas.configio.com/pd/1190
Ramsey County Parks and Recreation
MN St Paul Weekly (Ages 8-13) You are REGISTERING for this program, meaning this is a guaranteed spot. Registration will move to a waitlist if the program fills to capacity and we will notify you if a spot opens up. You will only be granted a spot in this program or waitlist when you have completed the registration in its entire...
Did anyone lose a Toyota key fob at BC? Let us know if it’s yours.
10/19/2025
Mountain bike trails are closed at Battle Creek October 20-22 and again November 3-5.