1
Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, Main Branch Unit
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
557 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Elba
Elba, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.7% of Elba is conserved land, roughly 70 acres. Elba has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Elba, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Elba outdoors
Conserved land
5.7%
70 of 1,232 acres
Trails
0.9 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.6 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
Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, Tschumper Unit
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
30 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, North Branch Unit
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
3 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.
Playgrounds in Elba
Unnamed playground
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
70 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 31 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 paths0.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Beach volleyball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Elba
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 40 acConservation Easement 31 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 40 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
St. Aloysius CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Elba'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.