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Marget Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
397 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Stanford
Stanford, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.1% of Stanford is conserved land, roughly 515 acres. There are about 1.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Stanford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Stanford outdoors
Conserved land
2.1%
515 of 24,996 acres
Trails
1.3 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
210 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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.
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Wayside Prarie Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Stanford
Country Camping
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
515 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 Stanford
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 397 acState Resource Management Area 118 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marget Lake State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 397 | Restricted |
| MiscellaneousState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 118 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
MS-90 Nike Missile Control Site (historic)Ruins
MS-90 Nike Missile Launch Site (historic)Ruins
Nearby
Stanford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford | 2.1% | 1.3 mi | 2 |
| Athens | 1.1% | 0.8 mi | 1 |
| Spencer Brook | 3% | 0.3 mi | 1 |
| Bradford | 0.6% | 0.1 mi | 3 |
| St. Francis | 5.5% | 3.3 mi | 11 |
| Livonia | 0.6% | 3.8 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Stanford'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 21.5-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.