Outdoors · Darnen

Darnen, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 6.6% of Darnen is conserved land, roughly 1,395 acres. There are about 3.1 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Darnen outdoors

Conserved land
6.6%
1,395 of 21,090 acres
Trails
3.1 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
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

123
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

Muddy Creek Wildlife Management Area

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

Coleman Wildlife Management Area

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

Brouillet Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

1,395 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1,523 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
239 ac
State fish & wildlife
216 ac
Other state land
102 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 490 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

Darnen and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Darnen6.6%3.1 mi3
Morris12.2%3.9 mi9
Hodges6.4%6.4 mi1
Scott7.2%4.1 mi4
Horton2.9%4.5 mi1
Morris5.9%2.5 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Darnen'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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