1
Knapp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
195 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cokato
Cokato, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.6% of Cokato is conserved land, roughly 785 acres. Cokato has 4 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cokato, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cokato outdoors
Conserved land
3.6%
785 of 21,681 acres
Trails
0.0 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
710 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.7 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.
2
Wildlife County Park
Managed by Wright County Minnesota
83 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Mud Lake County Park
Managed by Wright County
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Veterans Memorial Park
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Cokato
Unnamed boat launch in Mud Lake County Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
785 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 221 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 paths2.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Football5
- Baseball5
- Softball4
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Cokato
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Resource Management Area 705 acConservation Easement 226 acState Conservation Area 198 acLocal Park 12 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 353 | Restricted |
| Wright County Waterfowl Production Area Of MnResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 352 | Restricted |
| Knapp State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 195 | Restricted |
| Veterans Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Cokato Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Wright)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 4 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Cokato Finnish CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Cokato and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cokato | 3.6% | 0.0 mi | 4 |
| Cokato | 1.2% | 0.0 mi | 3 |
| Middleville | 1.3% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
| Dassel | 5% | 4.3 mi | 5 |
| French Lake | 5.2% | 12.3 mi | 4 |
| Stockholm | 1.3% | 3.2 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cokato'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.