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Mississippi Headwaters State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
1,252 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Itasca
Itasca, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Itasca is conserved land, roughly 2,582 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mississippi Headwaters State Forest (2.8 mi) and Itasca State Park (2.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Itasca, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Itasca outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,582 of 22,743 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
named on the map
Bike routes
2.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.0 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
Itasca State Park
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
1,152 acres2.4 mi of trail
Sawmill TrailIndian Mounds TrailNo-Name Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Iron Springs Bog SNA
Nature preserve
206 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Mallard Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
45 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
- Sucker Lake Wildlife Management Area40 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Robinson Lake Wildlife Management Area40 ac
- Gill Lake Wildlife Management Area32 ac
Who protects the land
2,582 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 paths2.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Next door
Itasca and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Itasca | 11.4% | 19.7 mi | 7 |
| Lake Hattie | 8.4% | 7.6 mi | 2 |
| Rice | 14.1% | 2.0 mi | 2 |
| Bear Creek | 6.6% | 10.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Itasca'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.