1
Superior National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
10,707 acres2.5 mi of trail
Township Road 7942
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Great Scott
Great Scott, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 39% of Great Scott is conserved land, roughly 14,830 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Superior National Forest (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Great Scott, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Great Scott outdoors
Conserved land
39%
14,830 of 38,286 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
3.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.2 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
Great Scott Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
283 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Trails
Named trails
- Township Rd 79411.2 mi
- Township Road 79420.8 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 18 places
Camp Four LakeClear LakeDark LakeDoherty LakeJutila LakeLost Man LakeMcNiven LakeMoose LakeSeverson LakeThreemile Lake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
14,830 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 paths3.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Great Scott
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 10,624 acState Resource Management Area 4,079 acState Conservation Area 285 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 10,624 | Open |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 4,079 | Open |
| Great Scott State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 278 | Restricted |
| Sturgeon River State Aquatic Management Area (St. Louis)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 8 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Lakeview CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Great Scott and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Scott | 38.7% | 11.9 mi | 2 |
| Mountain Iron | 12.2% | 42.2 mi | 5 |
| Balkan | 26.2% | 30.9 mi | 2 |
| Cherry | 4.1% | 1.6 mi | 0 |
| Buhl | 37.9% | 2.6 mi | 0 |
| Hibbing | 2.8% | 68.9 mi | 18 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Great Scott'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 27.6-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.