Outdoors · Butler

Butler, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.7% of Butler is conserved land, roughly 854 acres. There are about 1.4 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Butler outdoors

Conserved land
3.7%
854 of 22,812 acres
Trails
1.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
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

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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

Butler Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
69 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Bear Lake Public Access

Managed by Minnesota DNR
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

854 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1,087 ac
State natural resources
159 ac
State fish & wildlife
69 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 165 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
Nearby

Butler and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Butler3.7%1.4 mi2
Corliss2.1%2.2 mi1
Spruce Grove3.7%1.6 mi0
Paddock0.3%2.2 mi0
Homestead2.2%3.5 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Butler'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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