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Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5,263 acres2 mi of trail
North Country Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Holmesville
Holmesville, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 25% of Holmesville is conserved land, roughly 5,769 acres. There are about 2.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Holmesville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Holmesville outdoors
Conserved land
25%
5,769 of 22,953 acres
Trails
2.7 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
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
Tamarac Wilderness
Managed by Fish and Wildlife Service
72 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.
Boat launches in Holmesville
Unnamed boat launch in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Unnamed boat launch in Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Trails
Named trails
- North Country Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 14 places
Balsam LakeBuffalo LakelakeLittle Cotton LakeLittle Round LakelakeMomb LakeRice LakelakeRochert LakeRock LakelakeSouth Tamarack LakelakeSpring Lake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
5,769 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 12 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Holmesville
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 11,214 acState Resource Management Area 91 acState Conservation Area 31 acConservation Easement 12 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarac National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 11,214 | Restricted |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 91 | Open |
| Pickerel Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Becker)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 17 | Restricted |
| Buffalo Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Becker)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 15 | Restricted |
Nearby
Holmesville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmesville | 25.1% | 2.7 mi | 2 |
| Sugar Bush | 43.2% | 36.4 mi | 3 |
| Height of Land | 43.9% | 42.0 mi | 2 |
| Erie | 10.3% | 8.4 mi | 4 |
| Richwood | 4.5% | 2.2 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Holmesville'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.