7.a) Master Parks Plan ReviewBig Lake School Area
Originally the location of an old
schoolhouse, this parcel was given to
the township by the school district.
Classification:
Proposed: Potential rest stop/ trailhead
Size: 2-3 Acres
Location:
County Road 15 and Mayberry Trail
Existing Facilities:
No existing facilities on site.
Adjacent Land Use:
• Agricultural
• Residential
Chapter Three
Park System Plan
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New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan
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• Site is relatively small in size.
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• Site access has limited visibility.
• Clearing of buckthorn and underbrush needed.
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Opportunities:
• Potential rest stop/ trailhead for proposed Washington County Parkway and/or Township
trails or routes.
• The Parkway is identified in the Washington County Linear Park System Master Plan, published
in 1996.
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-28
Adopted 18 jidy 2006
Chapter Three Park System Plan
Big Lake School Area
Goal:
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Provide trailhead for (proposed) New Scandia Township and Washington County trails.
❑ Trailhead could provide parking, restroom (or portable toilet), information kiosk, maps
and water.
Strategies:
• Partner with Washington County and/or other agencies and groups with bicycle trail planning
expertise.
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-29
Adopted 18 jidy 2006
Chapter Three Park System Plan
Bone Lake Park ( & Outlet)
Boy Scouts have used this parcel four to five years
ago for trailblazing exercises.
Classification:
New Scandia Township Regional Park
Size: 26 Acres
Location: North of Bone Lake
off of County Road 1.
Existing Facilities:
• Boat Landing/
Public Access
• Inlet to lake
Adjacent Land Use:
Proposed Chisago Lake Township park to the
north, agricultural, residential
Bone Lake Outlet -
Six acres of wetland located across Co. Rd. 1
View to low-lying area east of public access parking area
Bone Lake Public Access -
Owned and Maintained by the DNR
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-31
Adopted I8July2006
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Issues: Wetlands on approximately 75% of site. Parcel boundaries need verification.
Adjacent `Bone Lake Outlet' is six -acre site composed primarily of wetlands, located directly across park
on County Road 1.
Opportunities: Limited access due to wetlands- possible consideration for preservation or natural area
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan
Adopted I8July2006
3-32
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Goal:
• Provide trailhead for (proposed) New Scandia Township and Washington County trails.
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• Provide connection to Chisago Lake Township parks and trails.
Strategies:
• Partner with Washington County
• Partner with Chisago Lake Township
• Partner with other agencies and groups with bicycle trail planning expertise.
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-33
Adopted I8July2006
Chapter Three Park System Plan
Children's T -Ball Field
Classification:
New Scandia Township Neighborhood Park
Size: ? Acres
Location: West of Co. Rd. 52 before the
village center, just south of Olinda Trail North.
Existing Facilities:
• Bench Seating
• Parking
• Youth/ Softball
Fields
Adjacent Land Use:
Residential, abuts Community Center to the West.
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New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-35
Adopted 18July2006
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Issues:
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• Site is currently underutilized.
Opportunities:
• Additional T -ball fields and/or overflow practice
• Additional signage is recommended on Co. Rd. 52.
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-36
Adopted 18July2006
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Goals:
• Integrate into New Scandia Township's parks and trails system
Strategies:
• Explore feasibility of other sports fields on site; alternate t -ball/ softball with soccer, etc. as per
season/ demand dictates.
• Add additional field(s) and/or overflow practice.
• Explore pedestrian connection to the New Scandia Community Center.
New Scandia Township 3-37
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan
Adopted 18July 2006
Creamery Run
Isolated parcel with potential for future trail
connection
Classification:
None- currently not in use
Size: Undetermined
Location:
Near Creamery Creek, a few blocks south of
State Highway 97 and east of the Scandia Fire
Department
Existing Facilities:
• None
Adjacent Land Use:
Residential
Chapter Three Park System Plan
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Issues: `Land -locked' parcel in primarily residential area near Creamery Creek. Any access would have to
be granted through series of trail easements on private property.
Opportunities: Picturesque setting
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-39
Adopted 18 jidy 2006
Chanter Three Park System Plan
Leonard Wojtowicz Skating Park
Classification:
New Scandia Township Special Use Park
Size: 18 Acres (Shared) with New Scandia
Community Center
Location: South of County Road 3 on
209th Street North in the Village Center
Existing Facilities:
• Programs
• Lights
• Seasonal Staff
• Kitchen
• Restroom
• Parking Lot
(Shared)
Warming House
Summer Use:
• Skateboard Park
• In -Line Skating
• Bicycle Rack
Winter Use:
• Warming House
• Zamboni
Adjacent Land Use:
Shared land use with Scandia Community Center and
future BMX Facility, adjacent to Elim Lutheran Church,
Gammelgarten Museum and Barton Johnson Memorial
Park in Village Center.
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Summer Use
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-41
Adopted 18July2006
Chapter Three Park System Plan
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Issues:
• There may be need for additional pleasure ice skating rink/ time.
Opportunities:
• To identify an additional area where a pleasure ice skating rink may be located.
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-42
Adopted 18July2006
Chapter Three Park System Plan
Lion's Park at Hay Lake
Classification:
New Scandia Township Neighborhood Park
Size: 7.2 Acres
Location: Off of County Road 3.
Existing Facilities:
• Pedestrian Trails
• Park Shelter
• (9) Picnic Tables
• (2) Picnic Grills
• Electrical Hookups
• Restroom
(Satellite)
• (2) Trash
Receptacles
• On -Street Parking
• Lights
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Adjacent Land Use:
Adjacent to Hay Lake School Museum, near Swedish Settler's
Monument and Scandia Elementary School.
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New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan
Adopted 18Ju{r2006
3-43
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Issues:
• Parking/ vehicular circulation is unclear
Opportunities:
• Provide trailhead for better linkage within Township bike route system
• Provide better way -finding signage and/or maps
New Scandia Township 3-44
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan
Adopted 18July2006
Chanter Three Park System Plan
New Scandia Community Center
Classification:
New Scandia Township Community Park
Size: 18 Acres (Shared) with Leonard
Wojtowicz Skate Park
Location: South of County Road 3 on
209th St. North in the Village Center.
Existing Facilities:
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Ball Fields
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Parking Lot
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Adjacent Land Use:
Shared land use with Leonard Wojtowicz Skating Park,
adjacent to Elim Lutheran Church, Gammelgarten Museum
and Barton Johnson Memorial Park in Village Center.
Playground
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New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan
Adopted 18July2006
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Issues:
• Hazardous pedestrian crossing on Olinda Trail North
• Children's playground is not ADA accessible
• Tennis court use has declined (in keeping with national trends)
Opportunities:
• Provide pedestrian connection between community center and ballfield
• Observe success of half -court basketball to determine whether full court Basketball is needed
• Provide pedestrian connection between the Community Center and Children's T -ball field
• Provide trailhead as gateway to Village Center
• Consider designating undeveloped land south of Community Center as open space due to it's high
ecological significance
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-48
Adopted 18 July 2006
Chanter Three Park System Plan
Scandia Ballpark (Lighted Field)
Classification:
New Scandia Township Special Use Park
Size: 10 Acres
Location: North of State Highway 97
along Olinda Trail, near the Village Center.
Existing Facilities:
• Ball Field
• Concessions
• Bleacher
Seating
• Playground
• Restrooms (?)
• Parking area
(turf/ gravel)
• Field Lights
Adjacent Land Use:
Residential area
Ball field and concession stand with play structure in the background
New Scandia Township 3-45
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan
Adopted 18July2006
Chanter Three Park System Plan
Swedish Settler's Monument
Classification:
New Scandia Township Special Use Park
Size: .67 Acres
Location: Off of County Road 3, south of
the Village Center.
Existing Facilities:
• Historic Marker
• Parking Area
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Adjacent Land Use:
Near Scandia Marine Lion's Park, Hay Lake School Museum,
Scandia Elementary School, agricultural and residential areas.
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New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-49
Adopted 18July2006
Chapter Three Park System Plan
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Issues:
• Adequate visibility?
Opportunities:
• Offers historic interest as part of Washington County Linear Park Plan's "historic loop"
• Provide trail head as intermediate stop between Big Marine Park Reserve and Village Center
• Provide adequate signage and/or maps
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-50
Adopted 18July2006
Chapter Three
Wind in the Pines Park
Considered by the DNR to be one of the most diverse areas
of the county, this park contains remnant prairie and old
growth forest.
Classification:
New Scandia Township Nature Park
Size: 44 Acres
Location: Intersection of Pilar Road and
State Highway 95.
Existing Facilities:
• Nature Preserve
• Trails
• Parking Area
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Adjacent Land Use:
Just south of the Falls Creek Scientific and Natural Area,
near agricultural and residential areas.
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New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-51
Adopted 18 j* 2006
Chapter Three Park System Plan
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Issues:
• Create better (and safer) entrance for Wind in the Pines Park from Highway 95
Opportunities:
• Promote Wind in the Pines Park as premier nature preserve and scenic area
• Provide trailhead for (proposed) Pilar Road bicycle route
• Trailhead also serves as transition into Chisago Lake Township
New Scandia Township
Comprehensive Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Plan 3-52
Adopted 18July2006