Jidana Park

Address

3333 Jidana Lane

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Amenities

  • Off-street parking
  • Picnic area
  • Trails, walking
  • Resource stewardship
  • Canoe landing

Jidana Park’s 60 acres are classified as a community preserve that provide passive recreational opportunities—hiking, picnicking or bird watching. The park contains no swings, slides or play apparatus, play courts or shelters, but instead boasts walking paths, scattered picnic tables, benches and a dock and canoe landing on the Minnehaha Creek. Visitors may access Jidana Park by either the trail and boardwalk from the lower Minnetonka Community Center parking lot, 14600 Minnetonka Boulevard, Minnetonka, or by the small parking area at the north end of Jidana Lane, with room for about five vehicles.

Map of Jidana Park

Jidana boardwalk trail

From the Minnetonka Community Center parking lot, it’s just over a half-mile on the paved trail and boardwalk to the beginning of Jidana Park. The 635-foot boardwalk was installed during the 2005–06 winter season, and allows visitors to experience the expansive wetland surrounding Minnehaha Creek by passing right through the wetland vegetation. The boardwalk is similar to the one installed the same time at the Minnehaha Creek Headwaters Park.

Follow the trail up the hill to the northwest for a wonderful overview of the wetlands surrounding Minnehaha Creek.

Jidana Park boardwalk
Enjoy views of the Minnehaha Creek wetland from the 635-foot Jidana boardwalk.

Canoe landing and dock

Jidana is the first canoe landing downstream from the Minnehaha Creek Headwaters. The benches and improvements to the canoe landing were recently completed by Michael Schnack, a senior at Wayzata High School, for his Eagle Scout project. Michael also installed a bench on the hill near the dock with a panoramic view of the creek and wetlands to the northwest.

Three people canoe Minnehaha Creek near Jidana Park
Jidana Park is used every summer by Recreation Services for its popular day camp program.

If you go

  • Park is open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy picnic tables throughout the park.
  • A seasonal restroom is located just north of the trail from the Minnetonka Community Center.
  • Dogs must be on a leash (no longer than 6 feet) on the trails, in the formal areas of the park and in the parking lot. Please pick up after your pet in natural and formal areas. A Mutt Mitt dispenser is available at the gate by the parking area off Jidana Lane.
  • The park is accessible by car from Minnetonka Boulevard at the end of Jidana Lane (five parking stalls). A better way to access the park is to park at the lower parking lot at the Minnetonka Community Center and hike in, using the one-half mile paved trail to the park.

Did you know?

On the west side of the boardwalk, the straight segment of trail is built on a private landing strip from the 1950s.

Archived parks renewal information

Please note: This information is part of an archived record of the parks renewal process. Some items, such as concept plans, may not reflect the final plans and current state of the park.

Aerial view: Click on thumbnail above for larger aerial view.