Outdoors · Big Bend

Big Bend, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.3% of Big Bend is conserved land, roughly 977 acres. Big Bend has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

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

At a glance

Big Bend outdoors

Conserved land
4.3%
977 of 22,797 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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

Clair T. Rollings Chippewa Co. Wildlife Management Area

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

Named trails

  • 82nd Street Northwest0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

977 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land
596 ac
State fish & wildlife
305 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
80 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 672 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Big Bend

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 677 acState Conservation Area 305 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Benderberg State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife183Restricted
Clair T. Rollings Chippewa Co. State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife122Restricted
Nearby

Big Bend and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Big Bend4.3%0.8 mi1
Tunsberg4.4%1.1 mi4
West Bank2.4%1.3 mi0
Mandt3.4%1.8 mi0
Kragero9%4.3 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Big Bend'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-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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