Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
377 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Outdoors in Highland
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Highland
About 2.2% of Highland is conserved land, roughly 500 acres. There are about 1.0 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land
2.2%
500 of 22,768 acres
Trails
1.0 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Lakes & rivers
2
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
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Who protects it
500 conserved acres
Who manages Highland’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources371 ac
State fish & wildlife87 ac
Other state land65 ac
State Resource Management Area · 371 acState Conservation Area · 87 acConservation Easement · 65 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 64 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| R J D Memorial Hardwood State Forest State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 371 | Open |
| West Indian Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Wabasha) State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 77 | Restricted |
| Gorman Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Wabasha) State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 9 | Restricted |
History along the way
History →1 old cemetery
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Highland and its neighbors
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Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Highland neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.