1
Rapidan Dam County Park
Managed by Blue Earth County
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Rapidan
Rapidan, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Rapidan is conserved land, roughly 526 acres. Rapidan has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rapidan, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rapidan outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
526 of 22,711 acres
Trails
0.3 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
1.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.0 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.
2
Saiki Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Gage Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
34 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
526 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 451 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 paths1.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Rapidan and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapidan | 2.3% | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| Decoria | 1.5% | 0.4 mi | 1 |
| Lyra | 3.4% | 0.8 mi | 2 |
| South Bend | 14% | 6.7 mi | 4 |
| Garden City | 2.6% | 0.5 mi | 1 |
| Mankato | 0.5% | 1.3 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rapidan'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.