Outdoors · Chippewa Falls

Chippewa Falls, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 33% of Chippewa Falls is conserved land, roughly 7,316 acres. There are about 1.6 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Chippewa Falls outdoors

Conserved land
33%
7,316 of 22,477 acres
Trails
1.6 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
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

Overby WPA

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
309 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Chippewa Falls Wildlife Management Area, South Unit

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

Nelson Lake WPA

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
126 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Sedan Wildlife Management Area

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

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

7,316 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
7,240 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
1,320 ac
Other state land
969 ac
State fish & wildlife
151 ac
State natural resources
39 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 6,382 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 Chippewa Falls

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 8,043 acResource Management Area 1,485 acState Conservation Area 151 acState Resource Management Area 39 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Pope County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1,485Restricted
Sedan State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife113Restricted
MiscellaneousState Resource Management AreaState natural resources39Open
Heinks State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife38Restricted
Nearby

Chippewa Falls and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Chippewa Falls32.5%1.6 mi6
Bangor16.7%0.1 mi1
Glenwood16.2%1.5 mi2
Barsness27.6%4.1 mi1
Gilchrist32.7%1.9 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Chippewa Falls'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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