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Boy River, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 60% of Boy River is conserved land, roughly 13,622 acres. There are about 8.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Chippewa National Forest (4.4 mi).

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

At a glance

Boy River outdoors

Conserved land
60%
13,622 of 22,846 acres
Trails
8.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
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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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

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

Chippewa National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
12,536 acres4.4 mi of trail
Soo Line North ATV Trail104th Street Northeast
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Bowstring State Forest

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
1,195 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Mud Goose Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Battleground State Forest

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
4 acres0.2 mi of trail
24th Avenue Northeast
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 4.6 mi
  • Soo Line North ATV Trail3.1 mi
  • 104th Street Northeast0.7 mi
  • 24th Avenue Northeast0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

13,622 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
12,530 ac
State natural resources
1,102 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
  • Soo Line North ATV Trail (bike route)3.1 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Boy River

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 12,530 acState Resource Management Area 1,102 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Chippewa National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service12,530Open
MiscellaneousState Resource Management AreaState natural resources1,042Open
Bowstring State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources58Open
Battleground State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources2Open
Nearby

Boy River and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Boy River59.6%8.3 mi4
Gould43.6%12.0 mi3
Rogers54.2%11.7 mi1
Salem67.8%3.4 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Boy River'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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