Knife River Aquatic Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
17 acres0.4 mi of trail
Knife River Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
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Outdoors in Knife River
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Knife River
About 18% of Knife River is conserved land, roughly 79 acres. Knife River has 1 named park and preserve on the map.
Conserved land
18%
79 of 437 acres
Trails
0.6 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Knife River?
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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
★ What stands out · Things to do
3 places to go in Knife River
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Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Knife River Aquatic Management Area, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.5 miUnpaved · 0.5 mi
Knife River Trail0.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
79 conserved acres
Who manages Knife River’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources56 ac
State fish & wildlife24 ac
State Resource Management Area · 56 acState Conservation Area · 24 ac
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 56 | Open |
| Knife River State Aquatic Management Area (Lake/St. Louis) State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 24 | Restricted |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Tennis
1Pickleball
1Basketball
1Soccer
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Next door
Knife River and its neighbors
Knife River has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Knife River | 18% | 1 |
| Duluth | 4.2% | 2 |
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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.