Outdoors · Ridgely

Ridgely, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 20% of Ridgely is conserved land, roughly 2,371 acres. There are about 7.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fort Ridgely State Park (7.2 mi).

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

At a glance

Ridgely outdoors

Conserved land
20%
2,371 of 11,858 acres
Trails
7.2 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.3 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

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

Fort Ridgely State Park

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
453 acres7.2 mi of trail
Upper Prairie TrailFairway TrailLower Valley TrailFort TrailUpper Valley Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Minnriver Wildlife Management Area

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
91 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land

2,371 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)
1,453 ac
State parks
430 ac
Other state land
399 ac
State fish & wildlife
91 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,850 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 paths0.3 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Ridgely and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Ridgely20%7.2 mi2
Home3.5%1.8 mi2
Cairo0.8%2.8 mi2
Camp5.6%1.6 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ridgely'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 20.6-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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