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Riverlands State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
551 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · New Independence
New Independence, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.5% of New Independence is conserved land, roughly 1,935 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Riverlands State Forest (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Independence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Independence outdoors
Conserved land
8.5%
1,935 of 22,726 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
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.
Trails
Named trails
- Reservoir Rider Trails4.5 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,935 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 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 lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in New Independence
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 1,888 acState Conservation Area 44 acConservation Easement 2 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1,887 | Open |
| Hellwig Creek State Aquatic Management Area (St. Louis)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 41 | Restricted |
| Artichoke Creek State Aquatic Management Area (St. Louis)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 3 | Restricted |
| Cloquet Valley State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 2 | Open |
Nearby
New Independence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Independence | 8.5% | 14.7 mi | 1 |
| Alborn | 7.4% | 12.0 mi | 0 |
| Northland | 40.3% | 4.3 mi | 1 |
| Industrial | 1% | 0.3 mi | 1 |
| Grand Lake | 3.4% | 37.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Independence'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.