Outdoors · Elmo

Elmo, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 15% of Elmo is conserved land, roughly 3,539 acres. There are about 2.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Elmo WMA (0.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Elmo outdoors

Conserved land
15%
3,539 of 23,330 acres
Trails
2.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
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

12
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

Elmo Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
1,501 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Almora Wildlife Management Area

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

3,539 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2,249 ac
State fish & wildlife
1,662 ac
Other state land
38 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,478 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

Elmo and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Elmo15.2%2.4 mi2
Folden15.8%2.2 mi2
Woodside2.2%0.6 mi1
Parkers Prairie4.7%1.1 mi1
Inman11.5%2.2 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Elmo'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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