1
Buffalo River State Park
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
1,303 acres11.2 mi of trail
River View Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Riverton
Riverton, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Riverton is conserved land, roughly 6,802 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Buffalo River State Park (11.2 mi) and Bluestem Prairie SNA (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Riverton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Riverton outdoors
Conserved land
30%
6,802 of 22,746 acres
Trails
32 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
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
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
Bluestem Prairie SNA
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
950 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Spieker WPA
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
159 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Riverton
Prairieview CampgroundIn Buffalo River State Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 12.6 mi
- 150th Street South3.3 mi
- 40th Avenue South2.9 mi
- 130th Street South0.9 mi
- 150th Street North0.8 mi
- 15th Avenue North0.8 mi
- 60th Avenue South0.4 mi
- River View Trail0.3 mi
- 28th Avenue South0.2 mi
- 120th Street South0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
6,802 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 677 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 24 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
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Riverton
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 4,807 acConservation Easement 1,373 acState Park 1,330 acState Conservation Area 1,189 acNational Wildlife Refuge 466 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestem Prairie FeePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 4,726 | Access unknown |
| Buffalo River State ParkState Park | State parks | 1,330 | Open |
| Bluestem Prairie State Scientific and Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1,189 | Restricted |
| Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 466 | Restricted |
| Agassiz Beach Ridges Landscape FeePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 80 | Access unknown |
Nearby
Riverton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton | 29.9% | 31.5 mi | 3 |
| Glyndon | 0.4% | 5.6 mi | 0 |
| Hawley | 10.2% | 6.2 mi | 8 |
| Elkton | 9.8% | 9.9 mi | 1 |
| Spring Prairie | 3.6% | 7.1 mi | 0 |
| Moland | 0.7% | 4.1 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Riverton'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.