1
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
80 acres0.4 mi of trail
Touch the Sky Prairie Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Springwater
Springwater, MN parks, trails & bike paths
Springwater has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Springwater, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Springwater outdoors
Conserved land
0.7%
227 of 30,927 acres
Trails
0.7 mi
0 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
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
Springwater Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
147 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Trails
Named trails
- Touch the Sky Prairie Trail0.4 mi
Who protects the land
227 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 Springwater
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 160 acState Conservation Area 147 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 160 | Restricted |
| Springwater State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 147 | Restricted |
Nearby
Springwater and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springwater | 0.7% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
| Mound | 12.7% | 14.2 mi | 4 |
| Rose Dell | 2.3% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
| Beaver Creek | 0% | 1.0 mi | 0 |
| Palisade | 1.2% | 5.8 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Springwater'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 22.5-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.