Outdoors · Penn

Penn, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 6.7% of Penn is conserved land, roughly 1,529 acres. Penn has 5 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Penn outdoors

Conserved land
6.7%
1,529 of 22,947 acres
Trails
0.0 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
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

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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

Baker's Lake Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
292 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Penn Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
90 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Kohl's Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
85 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Spiering Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,529 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
737 ac
Other state land
605 ac
State fish & wildlife
556 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 604 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 Penn

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Resource Management Area 737 acConservation Easement 605 acState Conservation Area 556 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Mcleod County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management AreaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service737Restricted
Baker's Lake State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife290Restricted
Penn State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife90Restricted
Kohl's State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife85Restricted
Spiering State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife50Restricted
Deutsch State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife41Restricted
Nearby

Penn and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Penn6.7%0.0 mi5
Transit0.7%0.7 mi1
Round Grove2.8%0.0 mi2
New Auburn3.3%0.4 mi2
Sumter5.2%0.8 mi3
Collins3.3%0.1 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Penn'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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