1
Bowstring State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
11 acres0.1 mi of trail
Soo Line North ATV Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Federal Dam
Federal Dam, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Federal Dam is conserved land, roughly 173 acres. There are about 3.6 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Federal Dam, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Federal Dam outdoors
Conserved land
12%
173 of 1,413 acres
Trails
3.6 mi
1.6 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
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
Chippewa National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 3.5 mi
- Soo Line North ATV Trail1.9 mi
- 16th Avenue Northeast1.0 mi
- 116th Street Northeast0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
173 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Soo Line North ATV Trail (bike route)1.9 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Federal Dam
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 172 acNational Forest 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 161 | Open |
| Bowstring State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 11 | Open |
| Chippewa National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Federal Dam and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Dam | 12.3% | 3.6 mi | 2 |
| Gould | 43.6% | 12.0 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Federal Dam'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.