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Head Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
423 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Rush Lake
Rush Lake, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.2% of Rush Lake is conserved land, roughly 479 acres. There are about 1.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Head Lake WMA (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rush Lake, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rush Lake outdoors
Conserved land
2.2%
479 of 22,060 acres
Trails
1.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Rush Lake
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
479 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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 Rush Lake
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 430 acResource Management Area 96 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head Lake State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 423 | Restricted |
| Otter Tail County Waterfowl Production AreaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 96 | Restricted |
| Rice-Boedigheimer State Aquatic Management Area (Otter Tail)State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 7 | Restricted |
Nearby
Rush Lake and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Lake | 2.2% | 1.8 mi | 1 |
| Dead Lake | 7.4% | 2.0 mi | 3 |
| Otter Tail | 1% | 2.6 mi | 0 |
| Otto | 0.6% | 0.9 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rush Lake'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.