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Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Peterson Lake North Unit
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
115 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Brighton
Brighton, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.8% of Brighton is conserved land, roughly 341 acres. Brighton has 4 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Brighton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Brighton outdoors
Conserved land
2.8%
341 of 12,116 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
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
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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Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Peterson Lake Central Unit
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
86 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Courtland Bay Unit
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
46 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Peterson Lake East Unit
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
341 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 86 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 Brighton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 255 acConservation Easement 86 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 255 | Restricted |
Nearby
Brighton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Brighton'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.