Steep Falls Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
1,807 acres3.9 mi of trail
Snowmobile ITS 89
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Steep Falls
Waterfalls, trails & woods in Steep Falls
About 37% of Steep Falls is conserved land, roughly 2,397 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Steep Falls WMA (3.9 mi).
Conserved land
37%
2,397 of 6,488 acres
Trails
11 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
1,288 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Lakes & rivers
6
What kind of outdoors town is Steep Falls?
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The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Things to do
4 places to go in Steep Falls
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Playgrounds in Steep Falls
Waterfalls in Steep Falls
Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Steep Falls WMA, with 3.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Steep Falls Village Preserve
Nature preserve
26 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Boundary Road Field
Park
10 acres0.1 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Mill Street Park
Park
2 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails & water
1 named trail and 6 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Snowmobile ITS 895.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
2,397 conserved acres
Who manages Steep Falls’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife1,788 ac
Other state land52 ac
Regional agency49 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits25 ac
Regional Water Districts12 ac
Not recorded522 ac
State Conservation Area · 1,788 acLocal Other or Unknown · 570 acState Other or Unknown · 52 acConservation Easement · 25 acWatershed Protection Area · 12 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 24 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steep Falls Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1,788 | Closed |
| Miscellaneous Municipal Lands Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 522 | Unknown |
| Unknown Local Other or Unknown | Regional agency | 60 | Unknown |
| Mountain Division Line Rr State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 52 | Closed |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 old cemeteries
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US. Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what’s typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren’t recorded.