1
Haugen WPA
Managed by US Fish & Wildlife
342 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Dane Prairie
Dane Prairie, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Dane Prairie is conserved land, roughly 6,625 acres. There are about 1.6 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dane Prairie, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dane Prairie outdoors
Conserved land
29%
6,625 of 22,779 acres
Trails
1.6 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.6 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
C & M Ranch WPA
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
257 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Hintermeister WPA
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
185 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Wasvick WPA
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
104 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.
Campgrounds in Dane Prairie
Swan Lake Resort & CampgroundFee · Lagos Collective
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 13 places
Bahle LakeBromseth LakeChautauqa LakelakeFossan LakeGlorvigan LakeIndian LakelakeLarson LakeNorth Stang LakeRosvold LakeSwan Lake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
6,625 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 5,564 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 paths4.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Dane Prairie
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 5,931 acResource Management Area 2,113 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 2,113 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
First Lutheran South CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Dane Prairie and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Prairie | 29.1% | 1.6 mi | 4 |
| Buse | 24.5% | 5.3 mi | 9 |
| Tordenskjold | 13.4% | 0.9 mi | 1 |
| Aurdal | 18.3% | 3.3 mi | 1 |
| Tumuli | 23.3% | 4.3 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dane Prairie'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.