1
Banning State Park
Nature preserve
4,324 acres7.5 mi of trail
Cartway TrailQuarry Loop TrailTrillium TrailWolf Creek TrailSpur Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Finlayson
Finlayson, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Finlayson is conserved land, roughly 3,953 acres. There are about 9.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Banning State Park (7.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Finlayson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Finlayson outdoors
Conserved land
18%
3,953 of 21,883 acres
Trails
9.2 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
11.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.1 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.
Who protects the land
3,953 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 119 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 paths6.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Finlayson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finlayson | 18.1% | 9.2 mi | 1 |
| Kettle River | 5.7% | 3.6 mi | 2 |
| Partridge | 4.7% | 4.7 mi | 1 |
| Rutledge | 0% | 2.0 mi | 1 |
| Sandstone | 9.4% | 14.8 mi | 2 |
| Dell Grove | 0.2% | 3.7 mi | 0 |
| Bremen | 4.1% | 2.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Finlayson'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.