1
Janet Johnson Memorial Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
756 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · North Branch
North Branch, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.4% of North Branch is conserved land, roughly 824 acres. There are about 2.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in North Branch, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
North Branch outdoors
Conserved land
3.4%
824 of 23,993 acres
Trails
2.3 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
71 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
24.4 mi
3.0 mi lanes · 18.3 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
Checkerboard Park
Park
51 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Johnson Park
Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Harder Park
Park
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in North Branch
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Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
824 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths18.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball17
- Tennis10
- Pickleball8
- Soccer7
- Tracks4
- Basketball3
- Hockey rinks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in North Branch
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 532 acLocal Park 266 acLocal Conservation Area 27 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Johnson Memorial State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 532 | Restricted |
| Checkerboard County ParkLocal Park | County | 76 | Open |
| Harder ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 57 | Open |
| River Walk ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 55 | Open |
| Clayton Anderson Family Memorial Nature ParkLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 27 | Open |
| Wood Duck PreserveLocal Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Roger Johnson Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Wildridge ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Tower FieldLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Northwoods ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
Nearby
North Branch and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Branch | 3.4% | 2.3 mi | 8 |
| North Branch | 0% | 0.7 mi | 1 |
| Stacy | 0% | 2.7 mi | 2 |
| Sunrise | 12.2% | 9.8 mi | 4 |
| Harris | 0.8% | 2.3 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about North Branch'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 21-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.