Outdoors · Ashley

Ashley, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 8.9% of Ashley is conserved land, roughly 2,376 acres. Ashley has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ashley, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Ashley outdoors

Conserved land
8.9%
2,376 of 26,734 acres
Trails
0.5 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
1.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.8 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

123
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Victor Winter Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
160 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Tower Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
53 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Miller Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
38 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

2,376 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
3,787 ac
State fish & wildlife
248 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
172 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 310 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths1.8 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Ashley

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Resource Management Area 3,629 acConservation Easement 330 acState Conservation Area 248 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Stearns County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service3,629Restricted
Victor Winter State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife158Restricted
Tower State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife53Restricted
Miller State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife38Restricted
Nearby

Ashley and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ashley8.9%0.5 mi3
West Union8%0.0 mi5
Raymond8.1%0.4 mi2
Sauk Centre6.8%2.9 mi2
Westport10.5%4.3 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ashley's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (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 20.9-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.

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