July 08 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL S REGIONAL PARKS SYSTEM ANNUAL USE ESTIMATE: APPENDIX TABLES
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Appendix Tables: 07 Regional Parks System Use Estimate Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits ANOKA COUNTY: Anoka Co. Riverfront Regional Park (RP) 73. 0.37 7..444 05.6 0.0 0.0 05.8 Bunker Hills RP 80. 0.37 66.8.444 60. 38.4 89.3 734.8 Bunker Hills-Chain of Lakes Regional Trail (RT) 47.8 0.99 4.3.533 73.3 0.0 0.0 35.3 Central Anoka RT 3.0 0.99 9.6.533 49.0 0.0 0.0 90.6 Coon Creek RT 68.5 0.99 0.5.533 05.0 0.0 0.0 93.9 Coon Rapids Dam RP 5. 0.37 79.8.444 30.5 0.0.6 68.0 East Anoka County RT 4.9 0.99.8.533 65.8 0.0 0.0.5 Lake George RP 08.7 0.37 40.3.444 57.0 0.0 3.8 309.8 Martin-Island-Linwood Lakes RP 60.0 0.37.3.444 86.6 0.0 3. 7.0 Mississippi River RT 60.5 0.99 8..533 9.8 0.0 0.0 7.4 Mississippi West RP.5 0.37 4.6.444 8. 0.0 0.0 35. Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve (PR) 99. 0.37 73.9.444 87.6 7.7 48.0 636.4 Rice Creek North RT 6.5 0.99 8.4.533 94.3 0.0 0.3 74.5 Rice Creek West RT 4.0 0.99 34..533 74.7 0.0 0.5 33.3 Rum River RT 9.7 0.99 8.9.533 45.5 0.0 0.0 84. Rum River Central RP 4.9 0.37 5.9.444 6.9 0.0 0.9.6 RP/PR/SRF subtotals 89.5 330.8,87.4 66. 57.8,833.6 RT subtotals 456.8 36.6 700.3 0.0 0.8,94.6 Subtotal:,348.4 467.4,987.7 66. 58.6 4,8. Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits BLOOMINGTON: Bush and Normandale Lakes RP 8.3 0.37 04.7.444 407.6 0.0 64. 858.7 Subtotal: 8.3 04.7 407.6 0.0 64. 858.7 Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits CARVER COUNTY: Baylor RP 8.8 0.37 7.0.444 7. 8.5 8.0 79.5 Dakota Rail RT 56.8 0.99 7.0.533 87.0 0.0.6 63.4 Lake Waconia RP 47.4 0.37 7.6.444 68.5 0.0 8.3 5.8 Lake Minnewashta RP 67.6 0.37 5..444 97.6 0.0 6.9 97. Minnesota River Bluffs RT 4.3 0.99 4.3.533.0 0.0.8 4.4 Southwest RT 3 6.9 0.99 8.0.533 4. 0.0 0.0 76. RP/PR/SRF subtotals 33.9 49.7 93.3 8.5 33. 48.5 RT subtotals 98.0 9.3 50. 0.0 4.4 8.9 Subtotal: 3.8 79.0 343.5 8.5 37.6 70.4 All visits are listed in units of,000 (for example, "50.5" is equivalent to 50,500 visits). Subtotals are rounded. 3 3 rd year sampled Winter Spring/Fall is in "visitor-days," where each visit is one person in the park for one day. A family of four staying one night would have 8 visitor-days. Special events include events over 300 and any unusual park-specific situations. Other 3
Appendix Tables: 07 Regional Parks System Use Estimate Winter Spring/Fall Other Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits DAKOTA COUNTY: Big Rivers RT 53.4 0.99 6.0.533 8.8 0.0 0.3 5.4 Lake Byllesby RP 44.9 0.37 6.7.444 64.9 7. 0.6 44. Lebanon Hills RP 93.4 0.37 08.8.444 43.7 34. 6.8 886.8 Miesville Ravine PR.0 0.37 4..444 5.9 0.0 0.0 3. Minnesota River Greenway RT 3 3.7 0.99 7..533 36.3 0.0 0.0 67. Mississippi River RT 7.8 0.99.8.533.7 0.0.4 07.7 River to River Greenway RT 39. 0.99.7.533 60.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 Spring Lake PR 35. 0.37 3.0.444 50.7 0.0 6.4 5. Whitetail Woods RP 4 7. 0.37 0..444 39. 6. 0.6 83.0 RP/PR/SRF subtotals 4.6 5.7 594.3 57.4 44.4,60.3 RT subtotals 89.0 56.5 89.7 0.0.7 536.9 Subtotal: 600.5 09. 884.0 57.4 46.,797. Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits MPLS. PARK & RECREATION BOARD: Above the Falls RP 3 3.4 0.99 33.9.444 63.8 0.0.0 33. Cedar Lake RT 76.3 0.99 5.7.533 70. 0.0.4 500.6 Central Mississippi Riverfront RP 86. 0.37 39.5.444,43.5 0.0 358.7,78.8 Columbia Parkway RT 7.5 0.99 8..533 4. 0.0 0.0 77.8 Kenilworth RT 63.5 0.99 78.8.533 403.9 0.0 0.3 746.4 Luce Line RT 44. 0.99 3..533 67.7 0.0 0.0 5.0 Minneapolis Chain-of-Lakes RP,466.5 0.37 95..444 3,56.6 0.0 0.4 7,063.5 Minnehaha RP 74. 0.37 68.7.444,045.8 0.0.3,05.0 Minnehaha Parkway RT 488.6 0.99 46..533 749.0 0.0.6,386. Mississippi Gorge RP 47.3 0.99 4.8.533 639.8 0.0 7.,89.0 Northeast Diagonal RT 55.3 0.99 6.5.533 84.8 0.0 0.0 56.6 Nokomis-Hiawatha RP 66. 0.37 3.3.444 904. 0.0 37.8,800.4 North Mississippi RP 55.6 0.37 57.7.444 4.8 0.0 3.3 44.4 Ridgway Parkway RT 9.5 0.99.8.533 4.5 0.0 0.0 6.9 St. Anthony Parkway RT 73.9 0.99..533 3.4 0.0 0.0 09.4 Shingle Creek RT 5.8 0.99 5.5.533 79.4 0.0 0.0 46.6 Theodore Wirth RP 3.7 0.37 86.3.444 336.0 0.0 50.5 805.4 Victory (Wirth) Memorial Parkway RT 8.3 0.99 54.5.533 79.5 0.0 7.9 54. RP/PR/SRF subtotals 5,597.,038.3 7,955.5 0.0 690. 6,33.5 RT subtotals,37.7 40.4,68. 0.0. 4,.9 Subtotal: 6,969.8,448.7 0,3.7 0.0 704.3 0,346.5 All visits are listed in units of,000 (for example, "50.5" is equivalent to 50,500 visits). Subtotals are rounded. is in "visitor-days," where each visit is one person in the park for one day. A family of four staying one night would have 8 visitor-days. Special events include events over 300 and any unusual park-specific situations. 3 st year sampled 4 3 rd year sampled 4
Appendix Tables: 07 Regional Parks System Use Estimate Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits RAMSEY COUNTY: Bald Eagle-Otter Lake RP 7.7 0.37 43.7.444 70.0 0.0 4.4 47.8 Battle Creek RP 4.6 0.37 83.3.444 34.3 0.0 4. 656.4 Birch Lake RT 4.6 0.99 7.3.533 37.7 0.0.0 7.6 Bruce Vento RT 34.4 0.99 40..533 06.0 0.0 4.0 384.6 Grass-Vadnais-Snail Lake RP 5. 0.37 79.8.444 30.6 0.0 0.8 606.3 Highway 96 RT 7.8 0.99 35..533 80.6 0.0 0.0 333.6 Keller RP 4.6 0.37 83.3.444 34.4 0.0 0.3 63.7 Lakes Links RT 3.8 0.99 33.4.533 7.4 0.0 7.0 33.6 Long Lake RP 5.0 0.37 46.4.444 80.5 0.0 4. 394. Rice Creek North RT 45.3 0.99 3.5.533 69.5 0.0 0.0 8.3 Rice Creek West RT 43. 0.99.9.533 66.3 0.0 0.0.4 Tony Schmidt RP 90.6 0.37 33.6.444 30.8 0.0 0.6 55.6 Trout Brook RT 6.0 0.99 4.8.533 4.6 0.0 0.0 45.4 RP/PR/SRF subtotals 997.7 370.,440.6 0.0 09.5 3,07.9 RT subtotals 493. 47.4 755.9 0.0 3.0,409.5 Subtotal:,490.8 57.6,96.6 0.0.5 4,47.4 Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits CITY OF SAINT PAUL: Bruce Vento RT 9.8 0.99 7.7.533 4.3 0.0. 63.9 Cherokee Heights RP 6.8 0.37 60.4.444 35. 0.0 0.0 458.4 Como RP, Zoo & Conservatory SRF,70.0 0.37 638..444,483.7 0.0 55.5 5,367.4 Hidden Falls-Crosby Farm RP 79.7 0.37 66.7.444 59.5 0.0 4. 530.0 Indian Mounds RP 57.7 0.37 58.5.444 7.7 0.0 7.9 45.9 Lilydale-Harriet Island RP 340. 0.37 6..444 49.3 0.0 65.,.8 Mississippi Gorge RP 540.7 0.99 6.7.533 88.9 0.0 3.9,545.3 Phalen RP 435.6 0.37 6.6.444 68.9 0.0 33.7,59.8 Samuel Morgan RT 76.8 0.99 5.9.533 7.0 0.0 69.9 570.5 Trout Brook RT 4 58.5 0.99 7.5.533 89.6 0.0 0.0 65.6 RP/PR/SRF subtotals 3,536.8,73. 5,55. 0.0 770. 0,735.5 RT subtotals 38.0 98. 50.9 0.0 7.0,000.0 Subtotal: 3,864.8,37.3 5,658. 0.0 84.,735.5 All visits are listed in units of,000 (for example, "50.5" is equivalent to 50,500 visits). Subtotals are rounded. 3 st year sampled 4 nd year sampled is in "visitor-days," where each visit is one person in the park for one day. A family of four staying one night would have 8 visitor-days. Special events include events over 300 and any unusual park-specific situations. 5
Appendix Tables: 07 Regional Parks System Use Estimate Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits SCOTT COUNTY: Cedar Lake Farm RP 6.6 0.37 6. 0.4 4.0. 5. 33. Scott County RT 73.8 0.99..533 3. 0.0 0.0 09.0 Spring Lake RP 34.4 0.37.8.444 49.7 0.0 0.4 97. RP/PR/SRF subtotals 5.0 8.9 53.7. 5.6 30.4 RT subtotals 73.8. 3. 0.0 0.0 09.0 Subtotal: 4.8 4.0 66.8. 5.6 339.4 Winter Spring/Fall Other Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits THREE RIVERS - SCOTT COUNTY: Cleary Lake RP 30.5 0.37 48.4.444 88.4 4.8.8 383.9 Murphy-Hanrehan PR 39. 0.37 4.5.444 56.5 0.3 0.8. RP/PR/SRF subtotals 69.6 6.9 44.9 5..6 495. RT subtotals 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Subtotal: 69.6 6.9 44.9 5..6 495. All visits are listed in units of,000 (i.e., "50.5" is equivalent to 50,500 visits). Subtotals are rounded. is in "visitor-days," where each visit is one person in the park for one day. A family of four staying one night would have 8 visitor-days. Special events include events over 300 and any unusual park-specific situations. 6
Appendix Tables: 07 Regional Parks System Use Estimate Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT: Baker PR 37.4 0.37 5.0.444 98.4 95.0 6.5 508.3 Bassett Creek RT 4. 0.99.3.533 63. 0.0 0.0 6.8 Bryant Lake RP 00.4 0.37 74.3.444 89.3 0.0. 565. Carver PR.5 0.37 45..444 75.5 9.3 0.4 39.8 Cedar Lake LRT RT 9.8 0.99 65.7.533 336.9 0.0.0 64.4 Clifton French RP 07.5 0.37 77.0.444 99.6 0.0 9. 593. Coon Rapids Dam RP 4.9 0.37 46.3.444 80.4 0.0 8.7 360.4 Crow-Hassan PR 33.8 0.37.6.444 48.9 4.4 0.3 00.0 Crystal Lake RT 3 68.9 0.99 0.6.533 05.7 0.0 0.7 95.9 Dakota Rail RT 85.9 0.99 55.6.533 85.0 0.0. 57.8 Eagle Lake RP 8.0 0.37 0.4.444 40.4 0.0 0.0 78.8 Elm Creek PR 445.9 0.37 65.4.444 643.8 3. 7.6,385.8 Fish Lake RP 9.3 0.37 48.0.444 86.7 0.0 4.0 368. Gale Woods SRF 35.7 0.37 3..444 5.5 0.0 8. 8.6 Hyland Lake PR 73.5 0.37 0.5.444 395.0 3.0 83.7,056.7 Kingswood SRF 4 0.6 0.37 0..444 0.9 0.0 0.0.7 Lake Independence RT 7.8 0.99 8.3.533 4.7 0.0 0.0 78.9 Lake Minnetonka RP 00.9 0.37 37.4.444 45.7 0.0.0 85.0 Lake Minnetonka Islands RP 5 65.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 65.0 Lake Minnetonka LRT RT 97. 0.99 58.9.533 30. 0.0 7.0 565. Lake Rebecca PR 75.8 0.37 8..444 09.5 4.9 7.7 6. The Landing 6.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 5.0 6.8 Luce Line RT 84.0 0.99 55.0.533 8. 0.0 0.0 5.0 Medicine Lake RT 8.8 0.99 65.4.533 335.4 0.0.8 6.5 Minnesota River Bluffs LRT RT 9.3 0.99 7.6.533 4.5 0.0 0.6 6.0 Nine Mile Creek RT 49.9 0.99 4.9.533 76.4 0.0 0.0 4. Noerenberg Gardens SRF.6 0.000 0.0.444 3.7 0.0 0.4 55.7 Nokomis Minnesota River RT 3 7.0 0.99.5.533 0.4 0.0 0.0 04.0 North Cedar Lake RT 76.6 0.99 5.8.533 70.7 0.0 0.0 500. North Mississippi RP 6.9 0.37 0.0.444 38.8 0.0 0.0 75.7 Northeast Diagonal RT. 0.99 6.6.533 33.8 0.0 0.0 6.5 Rush Creek RT 94.3 0.99 8..533 44.6 0.0 0.4 67.5 Shingle Creek RT 04.5 0.99 3..533 60. 0.0 0.0 95.8 Silverwood SRF 33.7 0.37 49.6.444 93. 0.0 0.7 397. Twin Lakes RT 7.8 0.99.5.533 0.0 0.0 0.0 03. RP/PR/SRF subtotals,65.3 770. 3,030. 39.7 554.5 6,659.8 RT subtotals,87.0 546.3,800.8 0.0 3.7 5,87.8 Subtotal: 3,99.3,36.4 5,83.0 39.7 568.,847.6 Three Rivers-Scott & Three Rivers Park District Subtotal: 4,6.9,379.3 6,075.9 54.8 570.8,34.7 All visits are listed in units of,000 (for example, "50.5" is equivalent to 50,500 visits). Subtotals are rounded. is in "visitor-days," where each visit is one person in the park for one day. A family of four staying one night would have 8 visitor-days. Special events include events over 300 and any unusual park-specific situations. 3 nd year sampled 4 3 rd year sampled 5 Lake Minnetonka Islands total annual visitation data is provided from Three Rivers and is not based on the Metropolitan Council sample. 6 The Landing total annual visitation is provided from Three Rivers and is not based on the Metropolitan Council sample. 7
Appendix Tables: 07 Regional Parks System Use Estimate Agency/Park visits use multiplier visits use multiplier visits WASHINGTON COUNTY Big Marine PR 97.5 0.37 36..444 40.9 0.0 0.8 75.4 Cottage Grove Ravine RP 3.8 0.37..444 47.4 0.0.6 93.9 Hardwood Creek RT 46. 0.99 3.8.533 70.7 0.0 0.3 50.8 Lake Elmo PR. 0.37 78.4.444 305.0 33. 3.0 640.8 Pine Point RP 43.8 0.37 6..444 63. 0.0 0.0 3.3 Square Lake SRF 6.9 0.000 0.0.444 89.4 0.0 0.3 5.6 St. Croix Bluffs RP 44.7 0.37 6.6.444 64.5 8..4 46.3 RP/PR/SRF subtotals 49.0 59.5 70.4 5.3 8.,43.3 RT subtotals 46. 3.8 70.7 0.0 0.3 50.8 Subtotal: 538. 73.3 78. 5.3 38.4,58. REGIONAL TOTALS Agency/Park visits visits visits RP/PR/SRF subtotals 4,78.6 5,33.0,073. 349.3,650. 43,984.7 RT subtotals 4,884.6,460.5 7,65.9 0.0 37. 4,83.4 REGIONAL TOTALS 9,63. 6,79.5 8,75.0 349.3,789. 58,68. All visits are listed in units of,000 (for example, "50.5" is equivalent to 50,500 visits). Subtotals and totals are rounded. is in "visitor-days," where each visit is one person in the park for one day. A family of four staying one night would have 8 visitor-days. Special events include events over 300 and any unusual park-specific situations. 8
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