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C •r <br />Fishing Docks: Available primarily for local community. <br />- Benches <br />- Open for use only during daylight hours <br />- Dock or other water access <br />Limited parking <br />Use Characteristics: These areas provide not only boating and fishing access, but in <br />some cases also serve as access points for ice fishing and <br />winter vehicular lake access. Hours and dates of use may be <br />limited. <br />Due to Orono:s location on Lake Minnetonka and Long Lake, <br />there are a large number of public and private lake access <br />facilities of various types and purposes. Within Orono there <br />are 5 marinas and two major public boat landings on Lake <br />Minnetonka. <br />L TRAILS - LINEAR PARK <br />Service Area: Orono:s trail system, with connections to regional trails, serves <br />the entire Orono community as well as residents of <br />surrounding communities. <br />Typical Facilities: - Trails for recreational use <br />- Bicycle and pedestrian oriented <br />- Connections to other recreational open spaces and parks, both <br />City and regional, as well as to transportation corridors. <br />Use Characteristics: The City of Orono has a number of linear parks. Public nature <br />trails where appropriate, and the major corridors of a linear <br />park system will seek to connect parks, schools, shopping <br />areas and residential neighborhoods. <br />The Luce Line Trail (MnDNR) and a number of local trails <br />which typically parallel existing roadway corridors, currently <br />provide connections between local and regional park facilities. <br />These trails offer opportunities for observing unique natural <br />open spaces. The newest element of the regional trail system, <br />the Dakota Rail Trail, has a bituminous surface and a variety <br />of amenities that will serve both pedestrians and bikers. Its <br />route traverses a variety of landscapes, including urban <br />neighborhoods as well as rural wetland areas. (See Map 4E-3) <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 4E-12 <br />