Outdoors · High Forest

High Forest, MN parks, trails & bike paths

There are about 2.9 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

High Forest outdoors

Conserved land
0.7%
171 of 25,129 acres
Trails
2.9 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
1.0 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 0.6 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

12
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

Schumann Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
91 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Village Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in High Forest
Old Campground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 1.9 mi
  • 31st Avenue Southwest0.5 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

171 conserved acres

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

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 81 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 lanes0.4 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Pickleball5
  • Tennis2
  • Baseball2
  • Beach volleyball1
  • Basketball1
  • Volleyball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in High Forest

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 91 acConservation Easement 81 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Schumann State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife91Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

High Forest CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

High Forest and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
High Forest0.7%2.9 mi2
Rochester4.1%34.0 mi114
Rock Dell4.3%0.9 mi5
Racine0.9%0.0 mi1
Pleasant Valley0.5%1.0 mi0
Sumner0.6%0.5 mi1
Rochester0.7%2.2 mi6
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about High Forest'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 30-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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