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Jay Cooke State Park
Nature preserve
2,176 acres7.3 mi of trail
Spruce TrailSuperior Hiking TrailBear Chase TrailsSummer TrailHigh Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Silver Brook
Silver Brook, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Silver Brook is conserved land, roughly 3,852 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jay Cooke State Park (7.3 mi) and Nemadji State Forest (4.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Silver Brook, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Silver Brook outdoors
Conserved land
30%
3,852 of 12,748 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
7.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.9 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
Nemadji State Forest
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
1,857 acres4.4 mi of trail
Superior Hiking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Silver Brook
Red River ValleyIn Nemadji State Forest · Superior Hiking Trail
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 14.6 mi
- Superior Hiking Trail4.5 mi
- Spruce Trail2.9 mi
- Bear Chase Trails0.8 mi
- North Country National Scenic Trail0.6 mi
- Summer Trail0.3 mi
- High Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
3,852 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 paths1.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.1 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Silver Brook
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 2,086 acState Park 1,873 acState Recreation Area 17 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Cooke State ParkState Park | State parks | 1,873 | Open |
| Fond Du Lac State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1,857 | Open |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 228 | Open |
| St Louis River Streambank Protection AreaState Recreation Area | State natural resources | 17 | Restricted |
Nearby
Silver Brook and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Brook | 30.2% | 15.3 mi | 2 |
| Wrenshall | 5.8% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Twin Lakes | 12.6% | 20.3 mi | 2 |
| Wrenshall | 4% | 10.9 mi | 2 |
| Superior | 28.7% | 30.4 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Silver Brook'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.