Outdoors · Spang

Spang, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.6% of Spang is conserved land, roughly 527 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Spang outdoors

Conserved land
1.6%
527 of 33,610 acres
Trails
17 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
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

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

Remer State Forest

Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

Chippewa National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Trails

Named trails

  • Cut Accross2.5 mi
  • Smith Creek Loop2.0 mi
  • Holywater1.6 mi
  • Shinglemill East0.9 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

527 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
392 ac
State fish & wildlife
87 ac
Bureau of Land Management
42 ac
U.S. Forest Service
6 ac
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 Spang

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 392 acState Conservation Area 87 acNational Public Lands 42 acNational Forest 6 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
MiscellaneousState Resource Management AreaState natural resources391Open
Smith Creek State Aquatic Management Area (Itasca)State Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife74Restricted
Northeastern States District OfficeNational Public LandsBureau of Land Management42Open
Morrison Brook State Aquatic Management Area (Aitkin/Itasca)State Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife14Restricted
Chippewa National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service6Open
Remer State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources1Open
Nearby

Spang and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Spang1.6%17.2 mi2
Hill Lake23.1%7.7 mi2
Wildwood10.3%13.1 mi3
Harris5.7%1.0 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Spang'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 23.5-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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