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George Washington State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
16,287 acres11.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Carpenter
Carpenter, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Carpenter is conserved land, roughly 17,482 acres. There are about 37 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in George Washington State Forest (11.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carpenter, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Carpenter outdoors
Conserved land
26%
17,482 of 67,390 acres
Trails
37 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Carpenter
Buttonbox Lake CampgroundFee · In George Washington State Forest · MN Dept of Natural Resources
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 22.4 mi
- County Road 5481.2 mi
- County Road 5280.4 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 35 places
Battle LakeBeaver LakeBuck LakeButtonbox LakeCandy LakeCoppersmith LakeCrum LakeDeer LakeElbow LakeFive Island Lake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
17,482 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
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Carpenter
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 17,338 acState Conservation Area 143 acNational Public Lands 2 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 16,299 | Open |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1,027 | Open |
| Potato Lake State Scientific and Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 86 | Restricted |
| Valley River State Aquatic Management Area (Itasca)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 56 | Restricted |
| Koochiching State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 11 | Open |
| Northeastern States District OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 2 | Open |
| Sturgeon River State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Carpenter and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter | 25.9% | 36.7 mi | 3 |
| Bearville | 23.3% | 36.3 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carpenter'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 33.6-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.