Outdoors · Pelan

Pelan, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 29% of Pelan is conserved land, roughly 6,642 acres. There are about 7.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Twin Lakes WMA (0.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Pelan outdoors

Conserved land
29%
6,642 of 22,634 acres
Trails
7.6 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
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

12
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

Twin Lakes Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
907 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Pelan Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
3,619 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

6,642 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
4,523 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2,684 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
802 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,101 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 17 parcels. 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
Nearby

Pelan and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Pelan29.3%7.6 mi2
Arveson37.5%7.1 mi2
Dewey6.3%14.2 mi0
Norway8.7%8.8 mi5
Deerwood5.1%3.6 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Pelan'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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