Outdoors · Ericson

Ericson, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.8% of Ericson is conserved land, roughly 1,107 acres. Ericson has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

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

At a glance

Ericson outdoors

Conserved land
4.8%
1,107 of 23,100 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
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

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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

Rosaasen Slough Wildlife Management Area

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

1,107 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land
585 ac
State fish & wildlife
412 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
145 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 695 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 Ericson

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 730 acState Conservation Area 412 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Chetomba Creek State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife320Restricted
Rosaasen Slough State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife93Restricted
Nearby

Ericson and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ericson4.8%0.4 mi1
Wang15%3.5 mi0
Sacred Heart7.7%0.3 mi4
Crooks1.9%1.3 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ericson'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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