Outdoors · Taconite

Taconite, MN parks, trails & bike paths

About 4.2% of Taconite is conserved land, roughly 800 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Taconite outdoors

Conserved land
4.2%
800 of 18,828 acres
Trails
32 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
0
named on the map
Bike routes
5.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.5 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.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Taconite
Trout Lake Boat Landing
Directions
Who protects the land

800 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
800 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths5.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis2
  • Baseball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Taconite

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 800 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
MiscellaneousState Resource Management AreaState natural resources800Open
Nearby

Taconite and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Taconite4.2%32.4 mi0
Coleraine1.6%17.8 mi1
Lawrence6.9%3.0 mi0
Bovey0%2.8 mi1
Greenway10.3%34.9 mi0
Trout Lake1%2.4 mi1
Arbo11.2%15.2 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Taconite'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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