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Lake Guckeen Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
147 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Jo Daviess
Jo Daviess, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.2% of Jo Daviess is conserved land, roughly 492 acres. There are about 2.4 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jo Daviess, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jo Daviess outdoors
Conserved land
2.2%
492 of 22,841 acres
Trails
2.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
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.
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 Jo Daviess
Unnamed boat launch in Lake Guckeen Wildlife Management Area
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
492 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 259 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 Jo Daviess
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 259 acState Conservation Area 232 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Guckeen State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 232 | Restricted |
Nearby
Jo Daviess and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Daviess | 2.2% | 2.4 mi | 1 |
| Blue Earth City | 3.1% | 2.6 mi | 0 |
| Pilot Grove | 2.3% | 1.6 mi | 0 |
| Pleasant Prairie | 1.5% | 1.0 mi | 1 |
| Verona | 1.9% | 0.9 mi | 1 |
| Blue Earth | 10.3% | 0.5 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jo Daviess'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.