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Barnesville Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
669 acres0.5 mi of trail
130th Avenue South
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Tansem
Tansem, MN parks, trails & bike paths
About 36% of Tansem is conserved land, roughly 8,243 acres. There are about 5.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Barnesville WMA (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Tansem, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Tansem outdoors
Conserved land
36%
8,243 of 22,896 acres
Trails
5.5 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
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
Blanket Flower Prairie SNA
Managed by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
578 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Julsrud WPA
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
534 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Haugtvedt WPA
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
532 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.5 mi
- 130th Avenue South1.5 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
8,243 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 5,232 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Tansem
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 5,944 acResource Management Area 3,407 acState Conservation Area 1,229 acNational Wildlife Refuge 147 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of MinnesotaResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,705 | Restricted |
| Clay County Waterfowl Production Area Of MnResource Management Area | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,702 | Restricted |
| Barnesville State Wildlife Management AreaState Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 669 | Restricted |
| Blanket Flower Prairie State Scientific and Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 426 | Restricted |
| Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 147 | Restricted |
| Ole Huseby Homestead State Scientific and Natural AreaState Conservation Area | State natural resources | 133 | Restricted |
Nearby
Tansem and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tansem | 36% | 5.5 mi | 8 |
| Humboldt | 16.1% | 4.4 mi | 3 |
| Scambler | 15.9% | 4.4 mi | 9 |
| Norwegian Grove | 25.6% | 1.9 mi | 7 |
| Parke | 18.4% | 3.5 mi | 7 |
| Prairie View | 10.3% | 6.8 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Tansem'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.