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6 <br />Lake Regional Park is located just west of Arden Hills in New Brighton. Rice Creek Chain of Lakes <br />Regional Park is a linear park located northeast of Arden Hills in Shoreview, Circle Pines and Lino Lakes. <br />Snail Lake Park is located to the east in Shoreview. These parks are operated by Ramsey County Parks. <br />Northwestern College and Bethel College are located in Arden Hills. Both schools contain significant <br />privately-owned open space and lakeshore within their campus. Bethel College also has a significant <br />amount of active outdoor recreation facilities such as soccer and ballfields. <br />Arden Hills has numerous lakes. Lake Johanna and Lake Josephine have public access and beaches. The <br />recreation potential of Round Lake is limited by the need to restrict public access due to pollution from <br />former industrial activity. <br />Natural Resources <br />The area of Arden Hills located south of Trunk Highway 96 is largely developed. However, many Arden <br />Hills neighborhoods retain tree cover, ponds and wetlands giving the City a natural and well landscaped <br />character. There are significant areas of open space, woodlands, lakes and wetlands in the City. Ramsey <br />County - Tony Schmidt Park, Charles Perry Park, Chatham Trails, Ramsey County open space lands, <br />Crepeau Park, Northwestern College, Bethel College and Mounds View High School all contain natural <br />areas of varying character and species. <br />The area north of Trunk Highway 96 and east of State Highway 10 is the TCAAP property. TCAAP is a <br />former ammunition plant area and it contains a significant amount of natural resources including a lake, <br />wetlands, woodlands, meadows, rolling terrain and excellent vistas, including the highest point in Ramsey <br />County. The Vento Re-Use Plan for TCAAP calls for preservation of a significant amount of the former <br />arsenal site. <br />Invasive species such as buckthorn (a woody non-native shrub) are a problem in many parks and open <br />space areas in Minnesota. Several parks in Arden Hills contain buckthorn. The City has instituted a buck- <br />thorn removal program with the cooperation of numerous residents and service groups. The City plans to <br />continue to control buckthorn on an on-going basis as needed and as resources are available. <br />Existing Parks and Trails <br />Arden Hills has 16 parks and a network of trails, located primarily on or adjacent to County Roads. The <br />parks are well distributed throughout the City to serve the area south of Trunk Highway 96. <br />Major highways and roads act as barriers between residents and parks. While many residents may live <br />within a mile of a community park, controlled access roads may prevent easy access to that nearby park. <br />See Table A on the following page for the existing park and facilty inventory.