Recreational Trails Plan
Recreational Trails Plan
Explore the future of trails in your community! The Recreational Trails Plan will create a guide to managing, maintaining, and building great trails in Anchorage and Chugiak-Eagle River.
Draft Recommendations
The draft recommendations are the result of 2 public workshops, 2,000+ online survey responses, and various stakeholder agency interviews. We heard that your priorities are safer trails, new connections, and taking care of what's already here!
We are currently drafting the plan. A comment period was open through August 10, 2025.
Trail Project Map
The interactive map is now closed for comments, but you can review proposed trail projects and read public comments here. Please note that black and white icons show public comments. Red and blue items are proposed projects from Anchorage Parks and Recreation.
Trail Classifications
Trail Classifications describe the physical conditions of our trails. They take into consideration the desired types of use and experience and provide important design standards for trail designers and builders in the AMATS area. The classifications range from less developed (Class 1: narrow, natural surface) to more developed (Class 5: wide, paved multi-use trail). This Plan introduces a new Class 6 that would separate bicyclists and pedestrians on a wider or adjacent multi-use path.
Systemwide Recommendations
The Systemwide Recommendations apply to recreational trails within the AMATS area, the Municipality of Anchorage Parks and Recreation Department and Eagle River/Chugiak Parks and Recreation (Parks), and supporting and partnering entities, landowners, and policymakers. Recommendations fall into six categories: Plan, Policy, Partnership, Project, Program, and Personnel.
The recommendations are not specific to one facility or location. They apply broadly to how Parks makes decisions about trail projects. Paired with the Trail Project Recommendations, the Systemwide Recommendations allow Parks to remain adaptive and make decisions as resources arise.
Chat with Us
The project team will also be tabling at your local parks and trails this summer:
- Friday, July 11, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Bear Paw Festival (Eagle River Town Square Park)
- Wednesday, July 16, 5:30 - 7 p.m. at the Abbott Loop Community Park Trailhead (8101 Elmore Rd.)
- Tuesday, July 29, 5 - 7 p.m. at Westchester Lagoon, near the playground (Margaret Eagan Sullivan Park, 1400 U St.)
- Thursday, July 31, 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Eastchester Park (900 E 20th Ave, during the Concerts in the Park event)