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Star Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Minnewaska
Minnewaska, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.1% of Minnewaska is conserved land, roughly 662 acres. Minnewaska has 1 named park and preserve on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Minnewaska, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Minnewaska outdoors
Conserved land
4.1%
662 of 16,094 acres
Trails
0.3 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
5.5 mi
4.0 mi lanes · 1.5 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in Minnewaska
Unnamed beach
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
662 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 559 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 11 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
- Baseball6
- Soccer1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Minnewaska
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 560 acState Conservation Area 65 acPrivate Conservation 38 acState Resource Management Area 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Lake State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 43 | Restricted |
| Strandness Prairie FeePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 38 | Access unknown |
| Pelican Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Pope)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 22 | Restricted |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Minnewaska and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnewaska | 4.1% | 0.3 mi | 1 |
| Long Beach | 0% | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| Glenwood | 16.2% | 1.5 mi | 2 |
| Glenwood | 1.3% | 1.6 mi | 5 |
| White Bear Lake | 16.4% | 0.8 mi | 3 |
| Reno | 5.4% | 1.3 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Minnewaska'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.