Outdoors · Skelton

Skelton, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 3% of Skelton is conserved land, roughly 663 acres. Skelton has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

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

At a glance

Skelton outdoors

Conserved land
3%
663 of 22,279 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
1.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.6 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

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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

Fond Du Lac State Forest

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

663 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
589 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
74 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 74 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 paths1.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Skelton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Skelton3%0.4 mi1
Kalevala3%1.0 mi0
Barnum0%0.0 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Skelton'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.

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