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Chippewa National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
16,844 acres4.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Marcell
Marcell, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 55% of Marcell is conserved land, roughly 19,936 acres. There are about 7.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Chippewa National Forest (4.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Marcell, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Marcell outdoors
Conserved land
55%
19,936 of 36,397 acres
Trails
7.5 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
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
Bowstring State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
57 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Marcell Park & Playground
Park
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Marcell
Clubhouse CampgroundFee · In Chippewa National Forest · USFS
Clubhouse CampgroundUSFS
North Star CampgroundFee · In Chippewa National Forest · USFS
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 4.5 mi
- Fire Road 218100.4 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 43 places
Big Dick LakelakeBig Island LakeBig Ole LakeBills LakeBlue Rock LakeBurns LakeCad LakeCarpics LakeCranberry LakeCrooked Lake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
19,936 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
Courts & fields
- Pickleball3
- Tennis2
- Baseball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Marcell
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 16,905 acState Resource Management Area 3,056 acState Conservation Area 14 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 16,905 | Open |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 3,056 | Open |
| Little Too Much Lake State Scientific and Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 11 | Restricted |
| North Star Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Itasca)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 3 | Restricted |
Nearby
Marcell and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcell | 54.8% | 7.5 mi | 3 |
| Lake Jessie | 59.1% | 11.6 mi | 2 |
| Stokes | 77.8% | 15.8 mi | 3 |
| Bowstring | 45.1% | 16.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Marcell'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 25.9-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.