1
James B. Fern Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
217 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Liberty
Liberty, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 2% of Liberty is conserved land, roughly 468 acres. Liberty has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Liberty, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Liberty outdoors
Conserved land
2%
468 of 23,073 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0 mi per sq mi
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
Long Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
159 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 Liberty
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Water
Lakes & rivers
Deer LakelakeLake CampbelllakeLake ErickLong LakelakePeterson LakePony LakeRagged LakeRound LakeWolf LakeTurtle River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
468 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Liberty
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 376 acState Resource Management Area 92 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| James B. Fern State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 217 | Restricted |
| Long Lake State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 159 | Restricted |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 92 | Open |
Nearby
Liberty and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 2% | 0.8 mi | 2 |
| Buzzle | 2.6% | 18.5 mi | 1 |
| Maple Ridge | 1.3% | 14.9 mi | 0 |
| Turtle Lake | 14.6% | 5.6 mi | 2 |
| Eckles | 9.1% | 12.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Liberty'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.