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Dead Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
667 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Dead Lake
Dead Lake, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.4% of Dead Lake is conserved land, roughly 1,648 acres. There are about 2.0 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dead Lake, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Dead Lake outdoors
Conserved land
7.4%
1,648 of 22,379 acres
Trails
2.0 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 1 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.
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Mondt WPA
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
371 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Amor Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails
Named trails
- Robert's Point0.3 mi
- Bones/Maytag Island0.1 mi
- Rice Island0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Bolton LakeDead LakelakeIndian LakeLake AliceLily LakeLone Pine LakeTamarack LakeTee LakeTombs LakelakeDead River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,648 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 369 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 Dead Lake
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 893 acResource Management Area 748 acConservation Easement 369 acState Resource Management Area 10 acNational Public Lands 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Lake State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 889 | Restricted |
| Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 748 | Restricted |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 10 | Open |
| Amor State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 4 | Restricted |
| Northeastern States District OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Dead Lake and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Dead Lake'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.