Outdoors · Marshan

Marshan, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.2% of Marshan is conserved land, roughly 702 acres. There are about 7.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area (2.1 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Marshan, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Marshan outdoors

Conserved land
3.2%
702 of 21,887 acres
Trails
7.9 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
508 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.0 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

123
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.
1

Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
243 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Chimney Rock Scenic and Natural Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
71 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Hastings Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
40 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

702 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
386 ac
State natural resources
314 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
304 ac
State fish & wildlife
79 ac
Other or Unknown Federal Land
76 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 308 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 lanes4.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Marshan and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Marshan3.2%7.9 mi3
Hastings13%2.7 mi28
Vermillion2.8%1.3 mi2
Ravenna2.1%1.3 mi2
Douglas1.1%5.5 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Marshan'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.

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