Keene Creek Park
Okerstrom Road (southern end), Hermantown, MN 55811
About Keene Creek Park
Keene Creek Park protects more than 80 acres of creek corridor in the southeast corner of Hermantown, off Okerstrom Road, with a half mile of paved trail, informal walking routes, a small baseball field, and cross-country skiing in winter (City of Hermantown, accessed 2026-08-13).
The creek itself is the reason to care. Keene Creek is a coldwater trout stream running through a suburb, which is an unusual thing to have inside a city's park inventory and an easy one to drive past without noticing. The wooded bottom feels genuinely like the woods rather than like a mowed park, and it is the only place in Hermantown that does.
For residents of southern Hermantown and northern Proctor it is the nearest walking woods, and in a city whose park system otherwise runs to ball fields and turf, it is the one that gets used for quiet.
Good to know: trout stream, half-mile paved trail segment, informal walking trails, small baseball field, cross-country skiing.
Neighborhoods it serves
The Twin Ports' new-construction suburb: level lots, its own schools, and everything on Miller Hill five minutes away.
ProctorThe railroad town on the hill: small district, small prices, and the Munger Trail out the back.
PiedmontRocky singletrack out the back door, harbor views out the front.
Where these facts come from
- City of Hermantown, Parks & Recreation accessed 2026-08-13
Last reviewed 2026-08-13 by Guide editorial.