Outdoors · Lutsen
Share Lutsen, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 78% of Lutsen is conserved land, roughly 52,514 acres. There are about 116 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Superior National Forest (67.2 mi), Lutsen SNA (2.6 mi), and Pat Bayle State Forest (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lutsen, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
78%
52,514 of 67,510 acres
Trails
116 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 81 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
named on the map
Bike routes
7.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.9 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
🏖️ Unnamed beach 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Grandview Park 🛶 Clara Lake Public Water Access Site 🛶 White Sky 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🎣 Unnamed fishing spot 💧 Poplar River Falls 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Superior National Forest ⛰️ Moose Mountain ⛰️ Eagle Mountain 🏕️ Clara Lake Campground 🏕️ East Lake Agnes 🏕️ East Poplar River 🏕️ East Rollins Creek 🏕️ Jonvick Creek 🏕️ Lutsen Watercraft Campsite 🏕️ Mystery Mountain 🏕️ West Lake Agnes 🏕️ West Poplar River 🏕️ West Rollins Creek 🏕️ White Pine Lake- Rustic Campground 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 🏕️ Unnamed campground in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 🏕️ Unnamed campground 1 2 3 4
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Superior National Forest Managed by United States Forest Service
45,201 acres67.2 mi of trail
Superior Hiking Trail C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail Caribou Snowmobile Trail North Shore Mountains Ski Trail Mystery Loop Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Lutsen SNA Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
703 acres2.6 mi of trail
North Shore Mountains Ski Trail Caribou Snowmobile Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
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3 Pat Bayle State Forest Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
4,061 acres1.6 mi of trail
Forest Rt 1265
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
Website
4 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Managed by United States Forest Service
4,641 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Lutsen Show all on map
Showing 1–10 of 15 campgrounds
🏕️ Clara Lake Campground In Superior National Forest · USFS
🏕️ East Lake Agnes In Superior National Forest · Superior Hiking Trail Association
🏕️ East Poplar River In Superior National Forest · Superior Hiking Trail Association
🏕️ East Rollins Creek In Superior National Forest · Superior Hiking Trail Association
🏕️ Jonvick Creek In Superior National Forest · Superior Hiking Trail Association
🏕️ Lutsen Watercraft Campsite Fee · Minnesota DNR
🏕️ Mystery Mountain In Superior National Forest · Superior Hiking Trail Association
🏕️ West Lake Agnes In Superior National Forest · Superior Hiking Trail Association
🏕️ West Poplar River Superior Hiking Trail Association
🏕️ West Rollins Creek In Superior National Forest · Superior Hiking Trail Association
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 5.1 mi Horses 12.8 mi Unpaved 71.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 20 trails
Superior Hiking Trail 12.9 mi C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail 11.2 mi Caribou Snowmobile Trail 6.1 mi Mystery Loop Trail 4.7 mi North Shore Mountains Ski Trail 4.6 mi Moose Loop Trail 2.8 mi Ullr Loop 2.2 mi Forest Rt 1265 2.2 mi Lutsen Trail 1.8 mi North F D 1.2 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 36 places
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Who protects the land
52,514 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
45,198 ac State natural resources
7,714 ac State fish & wildlife
36 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 7.9 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 1 Baseball 1 Beach volleyball 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Lutsen
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 45,198 ac State Resource Management Area 7,017 ac State Conservation Area 733 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Superior National Forest National Forest U.S. Forest Service 45,198 Open Pat Bayle State Forest State Resource Management Area State natural resources 4,061 Open Miscellaneous State Resource Management Area State natural resources 2,956 Open Lutsen State Scientific and Natural Area State Conservation Area State natural resources 474 Restricted Scherer Conservation Unit State Scientific and Natural Area State Conservation Area State natural resources 223 Restricted Mistletoe Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Cook) State Conservation Area State fish & wildlife 26 Restricted Tait River State Aquatic Management Area (Cook) State Conservation Area State fish & wildlife 6 Restricted Poplar River State Aquatic Management Area (Cook) State Conservation Area State fish & wildlife 4 Restricted
Nearby
Share Lutsen and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Town Conserved Trails Parks & preserves
Lutsen 77.8% 115.8 mi 5 Tofte 92.1% 140.5 mi 6
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lutsen'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 38.7-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.
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