1
Pine Island State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
1,688 acres2.3 mi of trail
Blue Ox Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Big Falls
Big Falls, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 44% of Big Falls is conserved land, roughly 1,689 acres. There are about 5.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pine Island State Forest (2.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Big Falls, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Big Falls outdoors
Conserved land
44%
1,689 of 3,839 acres
Trails
5.2 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
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
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.
2
Big Falls City Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Big Falls
Unnamed playground in Big Falls City Park
Trails
Named trails
- Blue Ox Trail2.5 mi
Who protects the land
1,689 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Big Falls
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 1,687 acNational Public Lands 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Island State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1,687 | Open |
| Northeastern States District OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Evergreen CementaryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Big Falls'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.