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Bowstring State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
27,123 acres16 mi of trail
Forest Rd 2403Forrest Rd 3250Forest Rd 3204
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bowstring
Bowstring, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 45% of Bowstring is conserved land, roughly 10,268 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bowstring State Forest (16 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bowstring, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bowstring outdoors
Conserved land
45%
10,268 of 22,784 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 14 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.
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Chippewa National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
5,923 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Who protects the land
10,268 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
Nearby
Bowstring and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowstring | 45.1% | 16.0 mi | 2 |
| Oteneagen | 62.7% | 0.6 mi | 3 |
| Lake Jessie | 59.1% | 11.6 mi | 2 |
| Marcell | 54.8% | 7.5 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bowstring'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.