Outdoors · Espelie

Espelie, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 24% of Espelie is conserved land, roughly 6,921 acres. There are about 9.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sem WMA (3.2 mi).

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

At a glance

Espelie outdoors

Conserved land
24%
6,921 of 28,366 acres
Trails
9.5 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 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

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

Sem Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
2,895 acres3.2 mi of trail
220th Street Northeast
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Espelie Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
3,562 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Willow-Run Wildlife Management Area

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

6,921 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
6,189 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
421 ac
Other state land
234 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
77 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 732 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

Espelie and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Espelie24.4%9.5 mi3
Lee41.7%0.7 mi4
Valley4.7%4.2 mi3
Moylan7.4%4.6 mi3
Reiner0.7%6.2 mi1
Benville22.5%3.0 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Espelie'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 21.5-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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